Direct Bypass Surgery Vs. Combined Bypass Surgery for Hemorrhagic Moyamoya Disease: A Comparison of Angiographic Outcomes

• Published in: Frontiers in neurology Vol. 9; p. 1121
• Main Authors: Zhao, Yahui, Yu, Shaochen, Lu, Junlin, Yu, Lebao, Li, Jiaxi, Zhang, Yan, Zhang, Dong, Wang, Rong, Zhao, Yuanli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 20.12.2018
• Subjects: angiographic outcome; combined bypass; direct bypass; hemorrhagic-type; moyamoya disease; Neurology; surgical revascularization; combined bypass; direct bypass; angiographic outcome; surgical outcome; surgical revascularization; hemorrhagic-type; moyamoya disease

Extracranial-intracranial bypass is currently recognized as the optimal treatment for hemorrhagic-type moyamoya disease (MMD) which reduces incidence of rebleeding. Recent studies have reported the advantage of combined bypass over direct bypass for the general MMD patients. However, the effect of d...