Encephalo-myo synangiosis (EMS) in the vertebrobasilar occlusive disease. Case reports
✍ Scribed by Erol Tasdemiroglu; Hamit Z. Gökalp
- Book ID
- 104687889
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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✦ Synopsis
Two cases of vertebro-basilar insufficiency treated with infratentorial (IT) Encephalo-Myo-Synangiosis (EMS) using the pedicled occipitalis muscle flap, are presented. IT EMS was carried out for revascularization of the vertebro-basilar system. None of these cases has suffered from either carotid or vertebro-basilar insufficiency during seven years follow-up period. As far as we know this is the first report of successful IT EMS for vertebro-basilar insufficiency.
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