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2. Clipping (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Clipping is a surgical procedure performed to treat an aneurysm.If the aneurysm is intracranial, a craniotomy is performed, and afterwards an Elgiloy (Phynox) or titanium Sugita clip is affixed around the aneurysm's neck.

3. Intracranial aneurysm - Wikipedia

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   A selection of Mayfield and Drake aneurysm clips ready for implantation. Emergency treatment for individuals with a ruptured cerebral aneurysm generally includes restoring deteriorating respiration and reducing intracranial pressure. Currently there are two treatment options for securing intracranial aneurysms: surgical clipping or endovascular ...

4. 12 procedures later, woman learns to walk and talk again ...

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   Dr. Adam Barron, a Cleveland Clinic neurointensivist (a neurology doctor who specializes in taking care of patients with brain injuries in the ICU) who treated Smith, said aneurysms are caused by ...

5. Endovascular coiling - Wikipedia

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   Endovascular coiling is an endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms and bleeding throughout the body. The procedure reduces blood circulation to an aneurysm or blood vessel through the implantation of detachable platinum wires, with the clinician inserting one or more into the blood vessel or aneurysm until it is determined that blood flow is no longer occurring within the space.

6. What is a brain aneurysm? Symptoms, causes, treatment ... - AOL

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   Clarke had brain aneurysms, also called cerebral aneurysms, which affect about 5 percent of the population, the American Heart Association noted. The most common type is a "berry aneurysm," a term ...

7. Frank Henderson Mayfield - Wikipedia

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   Frank Henderson Mayfield (June 23, 1908 – January 2, 1991), was an American neurosurgeon and founder of the Mayfield Clinic and Spine Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.A pioneer in brain and spine surgery, he invented the spring aneurysm clip and the Mayfield skull clamp.

8. Subarachnoid hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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   An aneurysm may be detected incidentally on brain imaging; this presents a conundrum, as all treatments for cerebral aneurysms are associated with potential complications. The International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms (ISUIA) provided prognostic data both in people having previously had a subarachnoid hemorrhage and people who ...

9. Interventional radiology - Wikipedia

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   Intracranial aneurysms arise in the arterial supply of the brain. Endovascular approaches to treatment include stenting and coiling and are preferable in most cases since clipping and resection require a surgical craniotomy. Rupture of intracranial aneurysms can have devastating clinical effects.