Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Stroke Prevention
The concept of performing an extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) arterial bypass operation for a patient with an internal carotid artery (ICA) or middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion is intuitively appealing. In these patients, it is believed that areas of hypoperfusion exist and anastomosis of the…