Pragmatic anesthetic approach for extracranial to intracranial bypass surgery in a patient with moyamoya disease and sickle cell disease: a case report

Abstract Background Moyamoya disease is a chronic progressive cerebrovascular disorder. A proportion of 10–20% of patients with sickle cell disease have associated moyamoya disease and may require surgical revascularization as definitive treatment. Case presentation A 22-year-old African lady with s...

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Main Authors: Shankar Lal, Vivienne Larney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03857-6