Modern aneurysm clip is the result of almost a century of innovation from Cushing's malleable silver clips and Mayfield's repositionable spring-loaded clips to their current modern avatar. Dandy was the first to use a clip on an aneurysm. In 1937, he applied a V-shaped malleable silver clip...
Clipping is an open surgery performed under general anesthesia. An opening is cut in the skull, called a craniotomy. The brain is gently retracted so that the artery with the aneurysm may be located. A small clip is placed across the neck of the aneurysm to block the normal blood flow fro...