Isolated symptomatic lesions of the vertebral artery: cure after surgical repair.
Nine patients with uni-or bilateral stenosis of vertebral arteries, not associated with other lesions of supraaortic trunks are reported. They showed a vertebrobasilar insufficiency syndrome not due to other assessable causes. Seven of them underwent surgical treatment always as reimplantation of the vertebral into the subclavian artery. The procedure was unilateral also in cases with bilateral lesions. In all 7 patients a favourable result was obtained: 5 patients recovered completely and 2 showed a marked improvement. The study demonstrates that the surgical repair of symptomatic unilateral lesions of vertebral arteries is able to cure the vertebrobasilar insufficiency syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery