Medical versus surgical treatment of patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency. A retrospective comparative study.

Abstract

Report on a series of patients suffering from cerebrovascular insufficiency caused by stenosis and/or occlusion of one or several major cerebral vessels. The patients were divided in two groups, one being medically treated with anticoagulants, the other operated on either a carotid artery thrombosis by thromboendarterectomy or occlusion treated with an extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass. Results after a follow-up period of 1-3 years are compared and discussed in view of the recent literature.

• Authors: L Auer, B Gallhofer, G Ladurner, E Ott, F Heppner, H Lechner
• Journal: European neurology (Eur Neurol) Vol. 19 Issue 3 Pg. 152-162 ( 1980) ISSN: 0014-3022 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 7389760 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anticoagulants

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Anticoagulants (therapeutic use)
• Brain Ischemia (drug therapy, surgery)
• Carotid Artery Diseases (drug therapy, surgery)
• Cerebral Revascularization
• Cerebrovascular Disorders (drug therapy, surgery, therapy)
• Humans
• Ischemic Attack, Transient (drug therapy, surgery)
• Middle Aged
• Retrospective Studies