Direct bypass surgery for moyamoya disease
Intracranial revascularization surgeries are an effective treatment for moyamoya disease and other intracranial vascular obliterative diseases.
The superficial temporal artery is a useful donor artery for direct bypass surgery for moyamoya disease and can provide sufficient blood supply to the ischemic cerebral territory 1).
Superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass for moyamoya disease
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Wen Y, Gou Y, Wang B, Wang Z, Chen S, Zhang S, Zhang G, Li M, Feng W, Qi S, Wang G. Is STA really a low-flow graft? A quantitative ultrasonographic study of the flow of STA for cerebral revascularization in MMD patients. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2023 Apr 1. doi: 10.1111/cns.14197. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37002791.