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Arterial graft reconstruction in an aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery
R Ramina1, W O Arruda, A C Prestes
1Department of Neurosurgery, Unidade de Ciencias Neurologicas, Curitiba, Brazil.
Neurosurgery
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of a large aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery that was treated by resection of the aneurysm sac and reconstruction of the vessel is presented. The middle cerebral artery was reconstructed using a graft from the superficial temporal artery (STA). Cerebral vessel reconstructions are usually carried out with veins as grafts. This paper shows the possibility of using the STA as a graft. When a vessel reconstruction is contemplated, the skin flap should be planned in order to save the STA.