====== Superficial temporal vein ======

A case of a progressive left [[internal carotid artery]] (ICA) communicating segment [[atherosclerosis]] in a 34-year-old woman. An [[indirect bypass]] using the superficial temporal vein (STV) was decided based on the absence of the left parietal branch of the STA
((Elarjani T, Alebdi F, Alobaid A. Simultaneous Left Superficial Temporal
Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass and Encephalodurovenosynangiosis for a
Progressive Atherosclerosis of the Left Internal Carotid Artery Communicating
Segment. World Neurosurg. 2020 May 4. pii: S1878-8750(20)30922-0. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.212. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32380339.
)).