Korean J Cerebrovasc Surg.  2004 Mar;6(1):21-30.

Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia

• Kang SD

Abstract

Since the proportion of ischemic stroke has been increasing compared to hemorrhagic stroke in our country, only recently the medical community began to systematically emphasize the importance of managing ischemic stroke patients as aggressively as possibly in an attempt to improve outcome and facilitate the development of useful treatment algorithms. It is necessary to estimate initially which vascular territory among large or small artery is compromised for planning treatment strategies in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The author focuses on the efficient assessment and surgical management of patients with acute ischemic stroke by reviewing the operative techniques and perioperative management of carotid endarterectomy and extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery

Keyword

Ischemic stroke; Carotid endarterectomy; Extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery

MeSH Terms

Arteries
Brain Ischemia*
Endarterectomy, Carotid
Humans
Stroke