• J Formos Med Assoc · Sep 2022

    Long-term outcomes of moyamoya disease following indirect revascularization in middle adulthood: A prospective, quantitative study.

    • Sheng-Che Chou, Ya-Fang Chen, Chung-Wei Lee, Shih-Hung Yang, and Meng-Fai Kuo.
    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei City, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei City, Taiwan.
    • J Formos Med Assoc. 2022 Sep 1; 121 (9): 1758-1766.

    Background/PurposeOur previous study demonstrated that indirect revascularization is effective in the treatment of adult moyamoya patients. This prospective study aims to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of indirect revascularization in moyamoya patients in middle adulthood.MethodsFrom January 2013 to June 2019, moyamoya patients more than 40 years of age underwent indirect revascularizations were studied. The hypoperfusion area of brains was revascularized. The cerebral angiography and time-to-peak (TTP) scoring (ranged 0-14) of the magnetic resonance perfusion study were used to evaluate the revascularization effect.ResultsDuring the study period, 50 consecutive adult moyamoya patients underwent indirect revascularization. Seventeen patients (27 cerebral hemispheres) more than 40 years of age were included. The mean age was 47.9 ± 6.4 years, and 13 patients were female. The pre-operative Suzuki stages were I, II, III, IV, V, and VI in 1, 1, 9, 13, 0, and 3 hemispheres, respectively. After a mean follow-up period of 52.5 ± 20.6 months, all patients had improvement or stabilization of their clinical conditions. Available post-operative angiography demonstrated Matsushima grading A in 18 of 20 hemispheres. The mean TTP score of all 27 hemispheres improved from 5.0 ± 3.3 pre-operatively to 12.0 ± 2.1 after surgery (p < 0.001). The post-operative mean TTP score of the 7 hemispheres without angiographic follow-up was 10.4 ± 1.8. One patient had persistent mild motor weakness after 56-month follow-up. Transient complications with full recovery occurred in 3 patients.ConclusionIndirect revascularization is a safe method with satisfactory long-term results in moyamoya patient in middle adulthood.Copyright © 2022 Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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