• World Neurosurg · Nov 2022

    Cerebrovascular reserve impairment in the anterior cerebral artery territory predicts deep temporal artery enlargement after combined revascularization surgery in moyamoya disease.

    • Akihiro Hirayama, Takuya Yonemochi, Kazuma Yokota, Hideaki Shigematsu, Kittipong Srivatanakul, and Takatoshi Sorimachi.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. Electronic address: a-hira@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp.
    • World Neurosurg. 2022 Nov 1; 167: e344e349e344-e349.

    ObjectiveA combined surgery of direct and indirect revascularization has been frequently performed in patients with moyamoya disease, though the efficacy of indirect revascularization surgery in adult patients with moyamoya disease has not been established. This study aimed to evaluate superficial temporal artery (STA) and deep temporal artery (DTA) diameters 1 day and 3 months after combined revascularization surgery in patients with moyamoya disease. We also investigated clinical factors related to DTA enlargement after surgery.MethodsWe examined 78 cerebral hemispheres in 57 adult and pediatric patients with moyamoya disease who underwent combined revascularization surgery [STA-MCA bypass and encephalo-duro-myo-synangiosis] in our institution. STA and DTA diameters were measured on axial magnetic resonance angiography images at 1 day and 3 months after surgery.ResultsDTA diameter increased in 64 hemispheres (82.1%). DTA diameter increase in association with STA diameter decrease was found in 39 hemispheres (50%). The proportion of hemispheres with a reduction in STA diameter was significantly higher in hemispheres with DTA enlargement than in hemispheres with DTA reduction (P = 0.0088). Among the 64 hemispheres with DTA enlargement, 51 (79.7%) showed cerebrovascular reserve (CVR) impairment in the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) territory before surgery. CVR impairment in the ACA territory was the only clinical factor related to DTA enlargement (P < 0.001).ConclusionThe DTA frequently enlarges after combined revascularization surgery, even in adult patients with moyamoya disease. In patients with impaired CVR in the ACA territory, blood supply from the DTA to the ACA territory can be expected after combined revascularization surgery.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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