title: Is extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery effective in certain patients?
abstract: The role of surgical revascularization for patients who have ischemic disease remains controversial. Despite the previous EC-IC bypass trial that failed to demonstrate the benefit from STA-MCA bypass compared with medical therapy, however, there is mounting evidence that the procedure should be considered in selected patients. Bypass remains a mainstay of treatment in moyamoya disease and in flow replacement in the setting of planned vessel sacrifice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Neuropsychiatric Institute (MC 799), 912 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. hanjani@uic.edu
authors.forename: Sepideh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amin-Hanjani
authors.forename: Fady T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Charbel
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000379:methods; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods