Moyamoya disease in children and its surgical treatment. Introduction of a new surgical procedure and its follow-up angiograms.
Moyamoya disease is an unusual form of chronic cerebrovascular occlusive disease characterized usually by bilateral stenosis of distal internal carotid arteries and their vicinity, by a hazy network of collateral circulation at the base of the brain called moyamoya vessels and clinically by recurring hemispheric ischemic attacks in children. This disease was first reported by a Japanese neurosurgeon and many reports and studies on this disease have been published in Japan. We report here the recent progress in the diagnosis of the disease and introduce a newly developed operative procedure which we think is an ideal surgical method for treating this disease in children.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication; D012535:Scalp / Q000098:blood supply; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed