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Improvement of global cerebral blood flow after STA-MCA bypass in a patient with bilateral occlusion of the internal carotid artery: Effect of surgery or natural course?

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A xenon-CT examination was performed on a patient who had received a STA-MCA bypass. Evaluation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) pre- and postoperatively shows a postoperative increase of about 60%.

During manual compression of STA, a decrease of 20% was observed so that one third of the total CBF increase could be attributed to anastomosis. The remaining two thirds may originate from the natural collateral circulation.

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  1. Neurosurgical Clinic, Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover, West Germany

    Nabi Nemati, Madjid Samii, Eiji Kohmura & Kurt Holl

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Str. 8, D-3000, Hannover 61, West Germany

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Nemati, N., Samii, M., Kohmura, E. et al. Improvement of global cerebral blood flow after STA-MCA bypass in a patient with bilateral occlusion of the internal carotid artery: Effect of surgery or natural course?. Neurosurg. Rev. 11, 207–209 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01794690

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