title: [Surgical treatment of a giant aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery].
abstract: Four patients with giant aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery over 2.5 cm in diameter were treated surgically. The aneurysms were excised during operations carried out under hypotension achieved with sodium nitroprusside, with administration of large amounts of mannitol and with arrest of blood flow in the middle cerebral artery for 3-10 minutes. Two patients had reoperations for postoperative complications. After the operation the patient who was initially in grade III of Botterell's scale died, and three other patients were in a good condition after one years with moderate paresis of the upper extremity.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Chirurgiczne leczenie olbrzymich tetniaków tetnicy srodkowej mózgu.