Microsurgery for Stroke

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Comments on the history of external-internal anastomosis for cerebral ischemia....Pages 3-7
Experimental ischemia of the brain....Pages 8-15
Thresholds of cerebral ischemia....Pages 16-21
Focal flow and neuronal activity in experimental cerebral ischemia....Pages 22-28
Cerebral changes during recirculation following temporary ischemia in mongolian gerbils, with special reference to blood-brain-barrier change....Pages 29-38
Simulated transient ischemic attacks in cat and man....Pages 39-56
Experimental and clinical use of barbiturates in focal cerebral ischemia....Pages 57-66
Combined use of regional cerebral blood flow measurement and computerized tomography for the diagnosis of cerebral ischemia....Pages 67-78
Microvascular bypass for cerebral ischemia—an overview, 1966–1976....Pages 79-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Experimental middle cerebral artery microsurgical embolectomy....Pages 91-97
Cerebral arterial spasm In vitro contractile activity of vasoactive agents on human cortical and temporal arteries....Pages 98-104
Comparative merits of autogenous arterial and venous bypass grafts as alternatives to direct arterial anastomosis....Pages 105-118
Endothelial changes after vascular surgery: a scanning electron microscopic study....Pages 119-122
Morphologic changes after vascular microanastomoses as a function of the technique used....Pages 123-127
Morphometric approach to fine structural changes in the intima of the common carotid artery of the rat following microsurgery....Pages 128-134
Scanning electron microscope studies of endothelial injury in microsurgical anastomosis....Pages 135-138
Importance of the histologic structure of the superficial temporal artery for the function of extra- intracranial bypass....Pages 139-141
Evaluation of 2-mm arterial grafts for extra- to intracranial bypass in occlusive cerebrovascular disease....Pages 142-148
Comparative evaluation of conventionally sutured and clot-sutured microsurgical anastomoses....Pages 149-153
Spontaneous cerebral revascularization: an experimental study supporting microneurovascular bypass surgery....Pages 154-158
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
End-to-side anastomosis between carotid arteries and serial angiographic controls in rats....Pages 159-162
Potential of reconstructive vascular surgery in the spinal cord—an experimental study....Pages 163-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
A method to identify and treat reversible ischemic alterations of brain tissue....Pages 169-176
Selection of completed stroke patients for STA-MCA anastomosis based on measurements of somatosensory evoked potential and CBF dynamics....Pages 177-184
Relationship between rCBF changes and restitution of neurologic, psychopathologic, and electroencephalographic disturbances in patients with occlusion of middle cerebral artery and internal carotid artery....Pages 185-194
Evaluation of patients with cerebral ischemia using computerized tomography....Pages 195-201
Preoperative evaluation of STA-MCA anastomosis candidates with rCBF studies....Pages 202-213
Some comments on the technique of STA-cortical MCA anastomoses....Pages 214-217
Angiographic features of the cortical extra- intracranial anastomosis....Pages 218-221
Results of multiple angiographic studies on cerebral revascularization patients....Pages 222-229
Dopplersonographic control of microvascular bypass function....Pages 230-232
Cortical arterial pressure in occlusive cerebrovascular disease and results of bypass surgery....Pages 233-239
Cerebral revascularization for stroke in evolution....Pages 240-243
STA-MCA bypass for acute focal cerebral ischemia....Pages 244-250
Multiple-vessel occlusions in cerebrovascular disease—a further followup of the effects of microvascular bypass on the quality of life and the incidence of stroke....Pages 251-259
Extra- intracranial arterial anastomosis in ten patients with moya-moya syndrome (occlusion of the circle of Willis)....Pages 260-263
Microsurgical anastomosis for cerebral ischemia in ninety patients....Pages 264-270
Long-term clinical results following extra- intracranial arterial bypass surgery....Pages 271-275
Late followup studies in a selected group of patients with extra- intracranial arterial bypass....Pages 276-280
Bypass surgery for vascular disease of the carotid and vertebral artery systems....Pages 281-285
Back Matter....Pages 287-291