The history of neurosurgical procedures for moyamoya disease
Other options such as cervical carotid sympathectomy and superior cervical ganglionectomy have also been proposed. In this paper the authors describe the history of the development of surgical techniques for treating moyamoya disease.
Keywords: moyamoya disease; superficial temporal artery–middle cerebral artery bypass; encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis; bur hole.
Cassius V. C. Reis, M.D., Sam Safavi-Abbasi, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph M. Zabramski, M.D., Sebastião N. S. Gusmão, M.D., Ph.D., Robert F. Spetzler, M.D., and Mark C. Preul, M.D.