Efficacy of Early Superficial Temporal Artery–Middle Cerebral Artery Double Anastomoses for Atherosclerotic Occlusion in Patients with Progressing Stroke

Efficacy and Safety of Timely Urgent Superficial Temporal Artery-to-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Single-Institutional Prospective Study and a Pooled Analysis

“…The pooled articles and their relevant information are shown in Table 4. In total, 117 patients from 10 articles (including the present study) were assessed [10, 11, 13-16, 18-20]. Urgent bypass surgeries were performed due to failed IAT ( n = 24), further infarction prevention ( n = 3), and symptom progression ( n = 90).…”

“…Urgent bypass surgeries were performed due to failed IAT ( n = 24), further infarction prevention ( n = 3), and symptom progression ( n = 90). Among the 10 groups, 2 institutes performed routinely double-barrel bypass surgeries [14, 16], whereas 1 employed the double-barrel technique in certain patients [18]. Urgent bypass surgery was performed within 3 days after symptom onset on average.…”

Dilated cardiomyopathy-related stroke mimicking large-artery atherosclerosis-related stroke: report of two cases

“…It also offers good neuroprotection against diabetic stroke by interrupting the endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptotic pathways [22]. Other drugs and surgical treatments for progressive stroke include ezetimibe [23], early superficial temporal artery-MCA double anastomoses, which result in rapid neurological improvement in patients with progressive stroke due to main trunk artery occlusion [24], and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for associated vertebral artery stenosis [25].…”

Low-dose intravenous tirofiban infusion after endovascular recanalization for non-acute middle cerebral artery occlusion

“…It is extremely important to maintain the blood perfusion of occluded vessels to decrease the rate of stroke recurrence and mortality. Extracranial and extracranial artery bypass grafting was first used to treat intracranial large artery occlusion, but it has no advantage over the drug treatment group in preventing stroke recurrence [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. A few case reports showed that EVT seemed to be effective to treat NAMACO, but the perioperative complications and outcomes of patients need further confirmation in large sample size studies [ 27 , 28 ].…”