15 Minimally Invasive EC-IC Bypass Procedures and Introduction of the IMA-MCA Bypass Procedure Saleem I. Abdulrauf, Justin M. Sweeney, Yedathore S. Mohan, Jeroen R. Coppens, John D. Cantado, Sheri K….
19 Carotid Endarterectomy Joshua E. Heller, Christopher M. Loftus Introduction The first description of a carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for stroke was published in the Lancet in 1954.5 Since that time,…
7 Surgical Anatomy of EC-IC Bypass Procedures Masatou Kawashima, Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. Introduction The number of cerebral revascularization procedures performed by neurosurgeons has declined after the Cooperative Study of…
25 Bypass Surgery for Complex MCA Aneurysms David H. Jho, Gavin P. Dunn, Christopher S. Ogilvy Introduction Complex MCA aneurysms may be categorized into three major groups based on etiology…
18 Cerebral Revascularization for Moyamoya Disease Gordon Li, Michael Lim, Nadia Khan, Gary K. Steinberg Moyamoya disease Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare cerebrovascular disorder characterized by idiopathic and progressive…
24 Cerebral Bypass in the Treatment of ACA Aneurysms Aditya S. Pandey, B. Gregory Thompson Introduction Cerebral revascularization has had a tumultuous history with the nadir being just after the…
26 Bypass Surgery for Complex Basilar Trunk Aneurysms Nader Sanai, Robert F. Spetzler Introduction Mid- and lower-basilar artery aneurysms represent challenging surgical entities. Midbasilar aneurysms can be defined as those…
17 EC-IC Bypass for Posterior Circulation Ischemia Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Ali Alaraj, Fady T. Charbel Introduction Posterior circulation strokes account for 30% to 40% of all ischemic strokes, and are particularly…
9 OA-PICA Bypass Mohamed Samy Elhammady, Jacques J. Morcos Introduction Yasargil et al.1 demonstrated the feasibility of EC-IC bypass surgery in 1967 after performing the first successful superficial temporal artery…
31 Decision-Making Strategies for EC-IC Bypass in the Treatment of Skull Base Tumors Philipp Taussky, William Couldwell Introduction Since the first EC-IC bypass operation by Donaghy and Yasargil, both the…
