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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809230803321

Titolo

Surgical techniques in moyamoya vasculopathy : tricks of the trade / / Peter Vajkoczy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany ; ; New York : , : Georg Thieme Verlag KG, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-13-258189-5

3-13-147081-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

617.481

Soggetti

Cerebrovascular disease - Surgery

Moyamoya disease - Surgery

Nervous system - Blood-vessels - Surgery

Surgery, Operative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In rare cases of stroke in children and youths, a likely cause is the idiopathic disease moyamoya, characterized by the slow and progressive stenosis and occlusion of the internal carotid artery and the arteries of the circle of Willis. A result of these stenoses is the formation of collaterals that are typically small and fragile, and liable to rupture. While there is no cure for moyamoya, a variety of surgical procedures can be performed to reestablish and maintain adequate blood supply to the affected brain areas. The procedures described here include various revascularization techniques and recommended bypasses"--