Effectiveness of Bypass Surgery in Treatment and Prevention for Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease.
10.5124/jkma.2004.47.7.645
- Author:
Hyoung Kyun RHA
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neuro Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Korea. hkrha@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Extracranial intracranial bypass surgery;
Occlusive cerebrovascular disease;
Cerebral blood flow;
Hemodymanic cerebral ischemia;
Cerebrovascular reserve capacity
- MeSH:
Acetazolamide;
Angiography;
Brain;
Brain Ischemia;
Collateral Circulation;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Follow-Up Studies;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Patient Selection;
Prospective Studies;
Radial Artery;
Saphenous Vein;
Stroke;
Transplants
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2004;47(7):645-652
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
To study the effect of extracranial-intracranial(EC/IC) bypass on symptomatic patients with hemodynamic cerebral ischemia, we prospectively reviewed 76 patients who underwent EC/IC bypass surgery in patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease. A series of 76 patients treated in a 7 years period met following criteria. (1) symptomatic internal carotid artery(ICA) or middle cerebral artery(MCA) obstruction or stenosis over 80%. (2) decrease in basal cerebral blood flow(CBF) over 10%. (3) decreased reactivity of CBF in response to acetazolamide. Among these, the types of ischemic episodes were transient ischemic attack(TIA) or reversible ischemic neurological deficit(RIND) in 39, minor stroke in 22, and major stroke in 15. Based on our criteria, superficial temporal artery(STA)-MCA anastomosis was performed in 67 cases and EC-IC bypass grafting using saphenous vein or radial artery in 9. Average follow up period was 26 months(3 months~7 year). Patency of bypass was confirmed by postoperative angiography or magnetic resonence angiography(MRA) in all case except four cases. Of the 72 patients with patiency of bypass, 68 patients(94%) have had an excellent to good outcome with improvement of preoperative neurologic or cognitive dysfunction, 3 patients showed no improvement of preoperative neurologic symptoms and remaining one patient had new developed deficit. All 72 patients with patency of bypass had experienced no further cerebral ischemic events during following period. Postoperative significant improvement of CBF to acetazolamide was showed in 68 cases(94%) of the 72 cases with patency of bypass, while the basal CBF showed significant improved in 31cases. Postoperative permanent neurologic deficit occurred only in one. In view of these finding, the author suggest that EC-IC bypass surgery is a reliable and resonably safe method for establishing new pathways of collateral circulation to the brain and to be considered as an appropriate therapy for improvement of the cerebrovascular reserve capacity in patients with hemodynamic cerebral ischemia, defined using the strict selection criteria employed in this study.
