An anatomic mathematical measurement to find an adequate recipient M4 branch for superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass surgery.
Neurosurgery
; 61(3 Suppl): 74-8; discussion 78, 2007 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-17876234
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
With the recent interest in superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass for hemodynamic related ischemia, we performed an anatomic study to find the best possible craniotomy site that will allow finding a suitable recipient cortical artery without compromising the use of the best branch and/or segment of the donor's superficial temporal artery branches.METHODS:
Anatomic dissection and measurements were performed in 15 injected cadaveric heads to verify the location of an adequate temporal recipient cortical branch of the MCA. The location of the branch was then correlated with surface anatomic landmarks. Mathematical measurements were then derived.RESULTS:
A perpendicular line measuring 5 cm in length is drawn starting from a point two-thirds the distance from the lateral canthus to the tragus, and ending at the center of a circle measuring 3 cm in diameter, which is equivalent to the craniotomy size and site. This craniotomy will expose the posterior aspect of the sylvian fissure and exposes no less than two M4 temporal MCA branches. The diameter of at least one branch is larger than 1 mm in 93% of the specimens. These findings were later successfully applied to several bypass operations.CONCLUSION:
This study provides an anatomic and patient-independent mathematical measurement as a way to predictably find an adequate recipient temporal M4 branch for superficial temporal artery-MCA bypass in the majority of patients.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Arterias Temporales
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Anastomosis Quirúrgica
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Arteria Cerebral Media
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Cirugía Asistida por Computador
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Modelos Anatómicos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurosurgery
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos