Role of the emergency extra-intracranial bypass in acute occlusive arterial disease: evidence in the literature as to the benefit to young patients and an illustrative case of a patient with extra- and intracranial traumatic internal carotid artery occlusion

Role of the emergency extra-intracranial bypass in acute occlusive arterial disease: evidence in the literature as to the benefit to young patients and an illustrative case of a patient with extra- and intracranial traumatic internal carotid artery occlusion

The extra-intracranial bypass has been used in the treatment of patients with chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency. More recent studies have demonstrated the benefit of this technique to patients with arterial occlusion in the acute phase. We relate the case of a 19-year-old patient, victim of cerv...

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Main Authors: Juan Antonio Castro-Flores, Carlos Eduardo Roelke, Luis Fernando Falcão, Rodrigo Becco de Souza, Tae Yoon Moon, Raimundo Santos, Guilherme Brasileiro de Aguiar, Bruno Nóbrega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-03-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
brain
cerebral revascularization
stroke
aneurism dissecting
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1626197

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