Microvascular Surgery of the Brain and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow

Abstract

With the experimental (1, 5, 6) and clinical (8, 12) work continuing in a number of centers, on the concept of using an extracranial vessel to restore insufficient cerebral blood flow, there is some evidence for a changing attitude toward this approach to the treatment of cerebral ischemia. The dispute between those showing considerable enthusiasm for this operation as being a spectacular advance in the treatment of cerebrovascular insufficiency and those looking at its value with a certain reservation has become more realistic now on both sides (1). This, however, seems to be mandatory for a growing acceptance of this procedure in clinical use.