Endurance of Aneurysm Clips: Mechanical Endurance of Yaşargil and Spetzler Titanium Aneurysm Clips

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 966-972

  Papadopoulos, Marios C ^a,b   Apok, Vinothini ^b   Mitchell, Frederick T ^c   Turner, David P ^c   Gooding, Adrian ^b   Norris, John ^a   Chang, Steven D ^d   Heifetz, Milton D ^d   Niemelä, Mika ^d   Hernesniemi, Juha A ^d   Lawton, Michael T ^d   Liu, Charles Y ^d  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aneurysm clip; Closing force; Opening force; Spring fatigue; Titanium; Vascular neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FATIGUE; FORCE; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 12144286212     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000116140.53925.03     Document Type: Article

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