TEMPORARY VASCULAR OCCLUSION DURING CEREBRAL ANEURYSM SURGERY

Temporary artery occlusion is an effective way to reduce the detriment al effects of intraoperative aneurysm rupture and to facilitate aneury sm dissection. The major risk incurred is of cerebral infarction. Dile mmas in the use of this technique include the amount of time that arte rial flow may be interrupted safely and whether or not there is benefi t to intermittent reperfusion. Protocol for the use of temporary occlu sion is described.