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

Carvi y Nievas, M N; Höllerhage, H G · J Neurosurg · 2000

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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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