Thirty-year follow-up after extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery.
The conventional wisdom resulting from the international, multicenter, trial of extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery is that this procedure offers no benefit. Because of the complex and unique circumstances of some, clinical experience and judgment must sometimes overrule some statistical conclusions.
Reichman
O Howard
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA. nancy@reichmanfam.net
Duckworth
Edward A M
EA
Anderson
Douglas E
DE
Origitano
Thomas C
TC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome