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. 2000 Mar;92(3):478-80.
doi: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.3.0478.

Risk of intraoperative aneurysm clip slippage: a new experience with titanium clips

M N Carvi y Nievas  1 , H G Höllerhage
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Risk of intraoperative aneurysm clip slippage: a new experience with titanium clips

M N Carvi y Nievas et al. J Neurosurg. 2000 Mar.

Abstract

Slippage of an aneurysm clip as a result of insufficient clip-closing force cannot be predicted, even when using force-testing devices. Descriptions of intraoperative clip slippages are rarely found in the literature. The authors summarize four unusual cases in which titanium aneurysm clips slipped by a scissorslike mechanism during surgery. They analyze the possible factors implicated in such a dangerous situation and discuss corrective choices.

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  • Aneurysm clip slippage.
    Schmid-Elsaesser R, Steiger HJ. Schmid-Elsaesser R, et al. J Neurosurg. 2000 Aug;93(2):371-3. doi: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.2.0371. J Neurosurg. 2000. PMID: 10930033 No abstract available.
  • Clip slippage.
    Pidgeon CN. Pidgeon CN. J Neurosurg. 2001 Oct;95(4):725. doi: 10.3171/jns.2001.95.4.0725. J Neurosurg. 2001. PMID: 11596973 No abstract available.

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