Strategy and effect of repeat bypass surgery for anterior/posterior circulation in refractory moyamoya disease.

CONCLUSIONSRepeat bypass surgery was feasible and effective to reduce further incidence of headache attack, transient ischemic attack, and ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke in moyamoya disease patients. Through precise radiological analysis, surgical procedures should be planned to yield maximal therapeutic effects. PMID: 31151103 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - May 30, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Uchino H, Kashiwazaki D, Akioka N, Koh M, Kuwayama N, Houkin K, Kuroda S Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research