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Studies on Cerebral Vasospasm

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Modern Neurosurgery 1

Abstract

In 1893 William Gowers concluded that “If the diagnosis of an intracranial aneurysm is certain, the prognosis is extremely grave” (1). This statement is unfortunately still valid.

“It is with a considerable degree of genuine humility that we broach the topic of cerebral vasospasm. This humility is the result of 20 years of disappointment, frustration, and bewilderment. The feeling of helplessness related to the relentness deterioration of a patient with this entity is matched only by that associated with the care of the victims of spinal cord injury. This is a feeling we have all shared and this has been the primary force driving all of us. It has literally compelled us to turn to the laboratory for answers, and there, in spite of heroic efforts, few revelations and no miracles have emerged.”

(Thoralf Sundt & Dudley Davis, The Mayo Clinic, 1979)

Part of this study was supported by grants from Greta and Johan Kocks Foundation and Thorsten and Elsa Segerfalks Foundation

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Brandt, L., Ljunggren, B., Andersson, KE., Hindfelt, B. (1982). Studies on Cerebral Vasospasm. In: Brock, M. (eds) Modern Neurosurgery 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08801-2_44

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