Aneurysm of the Anterior Cerebral Artery

During the past decade intracranial aneurysms have been added to the group of lesions that are curable by operation. I now have cured 15 patients with aneurysms of the internal carotid artery arising in the cavernous sinus and along the intracranial course of this vessel. The treatment of aneurysms of the internal carotid artery is relatively simple, it being necessary only to isolate the aneurysms between ligatures or silver clips, or to clip the neck of the aneurysms when they lie within the cranial chamber. Herewith is a report of an aneurysm of the anterior cerebral artery. As it is one of the most common aneurysms of the brain, and one with a fairly easy approach, the hope is entertained that the surgical attack will become increasingly more frequent. Up to the present aneurysms of other arteries in the brain have not been cured, but doubtless with time the list