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Akitsugu Kawashima
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Associate Professor |
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| Article types | Case report |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Moyamoya Disease in an 8-Year-Old Boy: Direct Bypass Surgery in a Province of Peru. |
| Journal | Formal name：World neurosurgery Abbreviation：World Neurosurg ISSN code：18788769/18788750 |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 108,pp.50-53 |
| Author and coauthor | Choque-Velasquez Joham, Colasanti Roberto, Kozyrev Danil A, Hernesniemi Juha, Kawashima Akitsugu |
| Authorship | Last author |
| Publication date | 2017/12 |
| Summary | BACKGROUND:Pediatric moyamoya cases may be very arduous, even more so in a developing country, where access to specialized centers may be prevented by different factors.CASE DESCRIPTION:Herein we report a challenging case, which was managed in the new Neurosurgical Center of Trujillo, regarding the direct anastomosis between the left superficial temporal artery and a cortical branch of the left middle cerebral artery in a 8-year-old Peruvian boy with moyamoya disease. Postoperatively, the patient's motor deficits and aphasia improved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first performance of a direct revascularization for a pediatric moyamoya case in Peru.CONCLUSIONS:The creation of highly specialized neurosurgical centers in the main strategic places of developing countries may allow optimal treatment of neurosurgical patients with complex diseases. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.112 |
| PMID | 28844915 |