title: STA-MCA bypass surgery for internal carotid artery occlusion--comparative follow-up study.
abstract: Sixty-three patients with internal carotid artery occlusion manifesting as transient ischemic attack or minor stroke received superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass surgery and medical treatment (n = 27) or medical treatment only (n = 36). Long-term follow-up showed that there was no significant difference in the outcomes. However, positron emission tomography studies suggested that patients with misery perfusion in the chronic stage benefited from extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Neurology, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hadeishi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shishido
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged