Coloring technique of magnetic resonance angiography for superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass surgery

Superficial temporal artery (STA)-middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass is an established surgical technique for achieving revascularization. It is important to select the proper recipient artery of MCA. 3D-CTA and conventional angiography are useful in the selection process but need contrast agents. The authors designed the coloring MRA technique that needed no agents to visualize the recipient artery. Retrospective evaluation of the efficacy and limitation for selection of the recipient artery and decision of the place and size of the craniotomy were carried out.

Source: World Neurosurgery - January 21, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Toshiyuki Okazaki, Shinsuke Irie, Toru Inagaki, Osamu Saito, Motoshige Yamashina, Hitoshi Hyase, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Shinji Nagahiro, Koji Saito Tags: Original article Source Type: research