A surgical trapping of the internal carotid artery (ICA) with or without extracranial-intracranial bypass has been commonly used an effective way to treat intracranial giant aneurysms, blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs), and ICA rupture during the brain surgery 1) 2).
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Kai Y, Hamada J, Morioka M, Yano S, Mizuno T, Kuroda J, et al. Treatment strategy for giant aneurysms in the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery. Surg Neurol. 2007;67:148–155. discussion 155.
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Lawton MT, Hamilton MG, Morcos JJ, Spetzler RF. Revascularization and aneurysm surgery : current techniques, indications, and outcome. Neurosurgery. 1996;38:83–92. discussion 92-94.