Bypass Surgery for Ischemic Stroke Caused by Intracranial Artery Stenosis or Occlusion

Author:

Soufiany Ismatullah1,Hijrat Khalil Ahmad2,Soufiany Spina3,Chen Lukui1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

2. Department of General Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

3. Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics, Mirwais Hospital, School of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar 3802, Afghanistan

Abstract

Surgical revascularization may be beneficial in patients with ischemic stroke caused by intracranial stenosis or occlusion who are ineligible for thrombolysis. Objective To evaluate the outcome of superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass in ischemic stroke caused by intracranial artery stenosis or occlusion. Methods We retrospectively studied successive case series of 19 patients who underwent surgical treatment between 2013–2017 of STA-MCA bypass. Surgical procedure was performed for the patients with acute ischemic stroke who were ineligible for thrombolysis. Results Of the 19 patients enrolled, symptom aggravation occurred during medical treatment, the patients were ineligible for thrombolysis despite being within 8 hours of symptom onset. Bypass significantly improved National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores, mean patient age was 78.05 years (range, 39–78 y). However, male 11 (57.95%) out of nineteen patients were presented with left-sided-lesions while female 8 (42%) had right-sided lesions with significant infarction growth by diffusion weighted imaging achieved, after surgical maneuver. No major complications occurred intraoperatively, in contrast to 2 (10.5%) minor manifestation were suffering minor complications probably they included the remote infarction (posterior cerebral artery territory). Pooled analysis with our patients showed a significant neurological improvement and a good outcome in 13 (68.4%) patients without hemorrhage or any other complication, 6 (31.6%) patients with unfavorable outcome (severe disability 2; vegetative state 4, non of them are died 0;). Conclusion STA-MCA bypass may be beneficial to patients with acute stroke or stenosis in progress who are ineligible for medical therapy. Furthermore, it appears safe when the infarction is small. These findings indicate that STA-MCA bypass could be considered as a treatment option in selected patients with ischemic stroke caused by intracranial stenosis or occlusion.

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Subject

Microbiology (medical),Immunology,Immunology and Allergy

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