Encephalo-omental synangiosis in the management of moyamoya disease

Surgery. 1992 Feb;111(2):156-62.

Abstract

Moyamoya disease is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disorder characterized by stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid artery often accompanied by stenosis of the anterior and/or middle cerebral arteries. This results in cerebral ischemia, which manifests clinically as transient, repetitive episodes of hemiplegia, dysarthria, and involuntary movements. This case report documents a patient in whom an initial extracranial-intracranial bypass (superficial temporal-middle cerebral artery) failed to alleviate the ischemic symptoms. In a subsequent procedure, a pedicle graft of omentum was created and through a subcutaneous tunnel was placed on the right cerebral cortex. Over a 2 1/2-year period, this has resulted in a dramatic resolution of the patient's symptomatology. The report delineates the condition and reviews other therapeutic options.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Arteries / surgery*
  • Cerebral Cortex*
  • Cerebral Revascularization
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Moyamoya Disease / surgery*
  • Omentum / transplantation*
  • Postoperative Period
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Surgical Flaps*