Long-term patency of posterior auricular artery –middle cerebral artery bypass for adult-onset moyamoya disease: case report and review of literature

Direct extracranial-intracranial (EC –IC) bypass is one of the fundamental techniques to prevent recurrent stroke in patients with adult-onset ischemic moyamoya disease. When the standard superficial temporal artery (STA) cannot be used for a graft, the posterior auricular artery (PAA) can be a potential surrogate graft.
Source: World Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research