Superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis

1979 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Steinbok ◽  
Kenneth Berry ◽  
Clarisse L. Dolman
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Intimal Hyperplasia ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Cerebral Revascularization ◽  
Revascularization Procedure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Media ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomoses were examined at autopsy in two patients who survived 2 years and 5½ years, respectively, after the cerebral revascularization procedure. Identification of the actual anastomotic sites at autopsy was rendered impossible because of marked fibrosis in the region of the surgery. However, in both patients intimal fibrosis and medial damage were noted in the STA immediately adjacent to the anastomosis. In the patient who survived 2 years, the lumen of the STA was only slightly compromised by these changes, but in the patient who survived 5½ years, the artery was almost totally occluded. The MCA's adjacent to the anastomosis were widely patent and showed focal areas of intimal hyperplasia with no abnormalities of the media.

Spontaneous cerebral revascularization in a patient with STA-MCA anastomosis

1976 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
James I. Ausman ◽  
James Moore ◽  
Shelley N. Chou
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Cerebral Revascularization ◽  
Surgical Anastomosis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The authors report a case with spontaneous revascularization of the brain after surgical anastomosis of the superficial temporal artery to the middle cerebral artery.

Superficial temporal-middle cerebral artery anastomosis associated with glioblastoma multiforme

1977 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-384
Author(s):  
Joseph F. Cusick ◽  
Senichiro Komacki ◽  
Hongyung Choi
Keyword(s):  
Glioblastoma Multiforme ◽  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Surgical Anastomosis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fine Print ◽  
Temporal Middle

✓ The authors report a case in which glioblastoma multiforme was intimately associated with a surgical anastomosis of the superficial temporal artery to a branch of the middle cerebral artery.

End-to-side anastomosis of small vessels using an Nd:YAG laser with a hemispherical contact probe

1992 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelis A. F. Tulleken ◽  
Andries van Dieren ◽  
Ruud M. Verdaasdonk ◽  
Wim Berendsen
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Nd:Yag Laser ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Vessels ◽  
Contact Probe ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A new technique is described which enables the surgeon to perform an end-to-side anastomosis between arteries with little (< 2 minutes) or no occlusion of the recipient artery. The technique was developed in rabbits, but has recently been successfully used in a patient in whom an anastomosis between the superficial temporal artery and a proximal branch of the middle cerebral artery was created.

Superficial temporal-middle cerebral artery bypass: clinical pre- and postoperative angiographic correlation

1988 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford R. Jack ◽  
Thoralf M. Sundt ◽  
Nicolee C. Fode ◽  
Dale G. Gehring
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Arterial System ◽  
Collateral Flow ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Between 1974 and 1982, an anastomosis between a pedicle of the superficial temporal artery (STA) and a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) was performed in 163 carotid systems in 157 patients for internal carotid artery occlusion in whom postoperative angiograms were available for analysis. The angiographic opacification of the arterial system was correlated with the patient's preoperative neurological function and stroke in the follow-up period. From this analysis, the following observations were made: 1) 96% of bypasses were patent; 2) 80% of bypasses achieved a high or medium MCA filling score; 3) there was hypertrophy of the STA in 70% of the cases; 4) greater bypass filling occurred in hemispheres with nonvisualized preoperative collateral circulation than in those with readily visualized collateral flow; 5) a meaningful correlation between angiographically assessed postoperative bypass function and stroke rate was not possible because only four patients suffered an ipsilateral hemispheric stroke in the 8-year follow-up period; and 6) patients who were neurologically unstable before the procedure were at greatest risk for a stroke in the follow-up period. It is apparent that objective analysis of the effectiveness of an STA-MCA bypass, or any other form of extracranial bypass, must await the development of new diagnostic studies in which high-resolution three-dimensional quantification of cerebral blood flow is possible. These studies will necessarily be correlated with preoperative and follow-up clinical data.

Middle meningeal to middle cerebral arterial bypass for cerebral revascularization

1979 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 802-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton F. Miller ◽  
Robert F. Spetzler ◽  
Dennis J. Kopaniky
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Middle Meningeal Artery ◽  
Cerebral Revascularization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Arterial Bypass ◽  
Meningeal Artery ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A case is reported of successful anastomosis of the middle meningeal artery to a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery. Based on the analyses of 50 random angiograms, the authors discuss the circumstances in which such an anastomosis might be practical and indicated.

Alternative Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Revascularization Procedure

Neurosurgery ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 484-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Spetzler ◽  
Richard A. Roski ◽  
Dennis R. Kopaniky
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Revascularization Procedure

Anastomosis of the anterior temporal artery to a secondary trunk of the middle cerebral artery for treatment of a giant M1 segment aneurysm

1992 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 863-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua B. Bederson ◽  
Robert F. Spetzler
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Suture Line ◽  
Arterial Segment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proximal Middle Cerebral Artery

✓ The clinical course, operative technique, and angiographic outcome are reported for a patient with a giant intracranial aneurysm of the proximal middle cerebral artery (MCA) who presented with symptoms of ischemia. Treatment of the aneurysm required bypassing the involved MCA bifurcation, but the patient lacked a suitable donor superficial temporal artery. The involved arterial segment was therefore bypassed with a side-to-side anastomosis of the anterior temporal artery to one of the secondary trunks of the MCA. This bypass eliminated the need to harvest a vein graft and re-established flow using in situ intracranial vessels of similar diameter, minimal arterial dissection, and only one suture line.

Subclavian to middle cerebral artery saphenous vein bypass graft

1980 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Spetzler ◽  
Robert S. Rhodes ◽  
Richard A. Roski ◽  
Matt J. Likavec
Keyword(s):  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Saphenous Vein ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Bypass Graft ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Head Rotation ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Additional Advantage ◽  
Content Type

✓ A variation of an extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass is presented. The subclavian artery is used as the donor vessel and the saphenous vein as the graft; thus, a bypass to a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery can be accomplished. The advantage of this modification is that the saphenous vein, when tunneled subcutaneously behind the ear, is positioned in a straight line from the donor to the recipient vessel. Since the vein lies in the axis of head rotation, turning of the head causes little displacement of the graft, as opposed to a graft from the common carotid artery to the middle cerebral artery. An additional advantage over the superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass is the large flow obtained immediately after anastomosis.

Pitfalls in the surgical treatment of moyamoya disease

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susumu Miyamoto ◽  
Haruhiko Kikuchi ◽  
Jun Karasawa ◽  
Izumi Nagata ◽  
Naohiro Yamazoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Middle Cerebral Artery ◽  
Moyamoya Disease ◽  
Superficial Temporal Artery ◽  
Temporal Artery ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cerebral Ischemic ◽  
Revascularization Procedures ◽  
Scalp Arteries ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Eleven cases of moyamoya disease refractory to indirect non-anastomotic revascularization, including encephalomyosynangiosis in two, encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis in seven, and encephalomyoarteriosynangiosis in two, are described. The patients suffered from recurrent cerebral ischemic symptoms, and further operative intervention, including superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis and intracranial omental transplantation, was performed. The choice of operative maneuver depended on the availability of scalp arteries and on the nature of the ischemic symptoms. Although indirect non-anastomotic revascularization procedures have the advantage of technical ease and most patients respond to these procedures alone, there are some patients like the 11 presented here who are not cured by such procedures. In such cases, direct anastomotic revascularization is necessary for the prevention of stroke.

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