Case Reports in Neurological Medicine / 2015 / Article / Tab 1 / Case Report
STA-MCA Bypass as a “Bridge” to Pituitary Surgery in a Patient with an Adenoma Occluding the Internal Carotid Artery: Case Report and Review of the Literature Author (year) ICA-related symptoms Treatment Outcome
Schnitker and Lehnert (1952) [3 ] Stroke Conservative care Death Sakalas et al. (1973) [4 ] No ischemic symptoms Open surgery in the acute phase Good recovery Rosenbaum et al. (1977) [5 ] Stroke Open surgery in the acute phase Death Bernstein et al. (1984) [6 ] Confusion, hemiparesis Transsphenoidal surgery in the acute phase Good recovery Clark et al. (1987) [7 ] Stroke Conservative care Severe disability Lath and Rajshekhar (2001) [8 ] Stroke Transsphenoidal surgery in the acute phase Death Yang et al. (2008) [2 ] Stroke Transsphenoidal surgery in the acute phase (4 days) Good recovery Chokyu et al. (2011) [1 ] Stroke Delayed transsphenoidal surgery Disability (hemiplegia) Schnur and Clar (1989) [9 ] Stroke Open surgery in the acute phase Good recovery Cavalcanti and Castro (1997) [10 ] Stroke Open surgery in the acute phase Good recovery Yaghmai et al. (1996) [11 ] No ischemic symptoms Transsphenoidal surgery in the acute phase Good recovery El-Zammar and Akagami (2010) [12 ] Stroke Open surgery in the acute phase Severe disability Spallone (1981) [13 ] Stroke Conservative care Severe disability Dogan et al. (2008) [14 ] Stroke Open surgery in the acute phase Death Present case Stroke, TIAs STA-MCA bypass and delayed transsphenoidal surgery Good recovery
TIA: transient ischemic attack; STA-MCA: superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass.