Emergent surgical embolectomy in conjunction with cervical internal carotid ligation and superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass to treat acute tandem internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion due to cervical internal carotid artery dissection

BACKGROUND: Acute tandem cervical dissecting internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion and intracranial embolic middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion can be devastating, and the optimal treatment strategy for this condition has not been established yet. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 45-year-old male presented...

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Published in:Surg Neurol Int
Main Authors: Inoue, Tomohiro, Saito, Isamu, Tamura, Akira
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4697205/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759736
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.172536
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