Long-term outcomes after conservative and EDAS treatment for 111 elderly patients with moyamoya disease: longitudinal and cross-sectional study

CONCLUSIONS: The postoperative long-term stroke rate among elderly patients with MMD was lower in the EDAS group than in the conservative treatment group. Long-term stroke events were associated with advanced age, aneurysm, and initial ischemia after conservative treatment and only initial hemorrhage after EDAS.PMID:37724788 | DOI:10.3171/2023.7.JNS231060

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - September 19, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Jing-Jie Li Xiao-Peng Wang Qian-Nan Wang Xiang-Yang Bao Qing-Bao Guo Zi-Qing Kong Gan Gao Min-Jie Wang Si-Meng Liu He-Guan Fu Qian Zhang Lian Duan Source Type: research