Treatment of intraoperative middle cerebral artery occlusion with pentobarbital and extracranial-intracranial bypass. Case report.
A patient with a meningioma of the medial sphenoid wing underwent inadvertent intraoperative occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Neurological deficit and infarction were presumably prevented by immediate administration of pentobarbital followed by extracranial-intracranial bypass.
D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D010424:Pentobarbital