Usefulness of combined bypass surgery for moyamoya disease in infants under 1 year of age: A technical case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among pediatric cases of moyamoya disease (MMD), cerebral ischemic symptoms often progress and worsen rapidly in infants under one year of age; therefore, it is important to treat them as early as possible. However, direct bypass surgery is often technically difficult for infants due to their small blood vessels. Here, we describe our technique to resolve the technical challenges encountered during superficial temporal artery-to-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass surgery in infants aged <1 year with MMD, focusing on specific procedures.

Case description

We performed bilateral STA-MCA and indirect bypass in a 1-year-old girl with MMD and cerebral infarction. Before treatment, a peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) was placed to avoid ischemic a

SUBMITTER: Kuwabara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10927214 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature