Direct versus indirect bypasses for adult ischemic-type moyamoya disease: a propensity score-matched analysis.

CONCLUSIONS Although neurological function outcome was not determined by the surgical modality, DB is more effective in preventing recurrent ischemic strokes than IB for adult ischemic-type MMD.
PMID: 28799875 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - August 11, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Deng X, Gao F, Zhang D, Zhang Y, Wang R, Wang S, Cao Y, Zhao Y, Pan Y, Liu X, Zhang Q, Zhao J Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research