Diagnostic Values of the "To and Fro" Conflict Sign on Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Video Angiography as a Warning Sign of the Focal Cerebral Hyperperfusion and Watershed Shift Phenomenon after Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass for Adult Patients with Moyamoya Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The focal cerebral hyperperfusion (CHP) is a potential complication after superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass for moyamoya disease (MMD) that can result in delayed intracerebral hemorrhage and/or neurological deterioration. The focal CHP could accompany hemodynamic ischemia due to the "watershed shift (WS) phenomenon." Preoperative prediction of the focal CHP and WS phenomenon remains challenging. Here, we aimed to assess the diagnostic value of the "to and fro" conflict sign, conflicting blood flow around the vascular territory of the recipient arteries on an indocyanine green video angiography (ICG-VA) for predicting the focal CHP and WS phenomenon.

Methods

Ninety-seven consecutive adult patients with MMD, undergoing 106 surgeri

SUBMITTER: Tashiro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266694 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature