Microsurgery for Stroke

I. Basic Problems of Cerebral Ischemia.- 1. Comments on the History of External-Internal Anastomosis for Cerebral Ischemia.- 2. Experimental Ischemia of the Brain.- 3. Thresholds of Cerebral Ischemia.- 4. Focal Flow and Neuronal Activity in Experimental Cerebral Ischemia.- 5. Cerebral Changes During Recirculation following Temporary Ischemia in Mongolian Gerbils, with Special Reference to Blood-Brain-Barrier Change.- 6. Simulated Transient Ischemic Attacks in Cat and Man.- 7. Experimental and Clinical Use of Barbiturates in Focal Cerebral Ischemia.- 8. Combined Use of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Measurement and Computerized Tomography for the Diagnosis of Cerebral Ischemia.- 9. Microvascular Bypass for Cerebral Ischemia—An Overview, 1966–1976.- II. Experimental.- 10. Experimental Middle Cerebral Artery Microsurgical Embolectomy.- 11. Cerebral Arterial Spasm: In Vitro Contractile Activity of Vasoactive Agents on Human Cortical and Temporal Arteries.- 12. Comparative Merits of Autogenous Arterial and Venous Bypass Grafts as Alternatives to Direct Arterial Anastomosis.- 13. Endothelial Changes after Vascular Surgery: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study.- 14. Morphologic Changes after Vascular Microanastomoses as a Function of the Technique Used.- 15. Morphometric Approach to Fine Structural Changes in the Intima of the Common Carotid Artery of the Rat following Microsurgery.- 16. Scanning Electron Microscope Studies of Endothelial Injury in Microsurgical Anastomosis.- 17. Importance of the Histologic Structure of the Superficial Temporal Artery for the Function of Extra-Intracranial Bypass.- 18. Evaluation of 2-mm Arterial Grafts for Extra- to Intracranial Bypass in Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease.- 19. Comparative Evaluation of Conventionally Sutured andClot-Sutured Microsurgical Anastomoses.- 20. Spontaneous Cerebral Revascularization: An Experimental Study Supporting Microneurovascular Bypass Surgery.- 21. End-to-Side Anastomosis Between Carotid Arteries and Serial Angiographic Controls in Rats.- 22. Potential of Reconstructive Vascular Surgery in the Spinal Cord—An Experimental Study.- III. Clinical.- 23. A Method to Identify and Treat Reversible Ischemic Alterations of Brain Tissue.- 24. Selection of Completed Stroke Patients for STA-MCA Anastomosis Based on Measurements of Somatosensory Evoked Potential and CBF Dynamics.- 25. Relationship between rCBF Changes and Restitution of Neurologic, Psychopathologic, and Electroencephalographic Disturbances in Patients with Occlusion of Middle Cerebral Artery and Internal Carotid Artery.- 26. Evaluation of Patients with Cerebral Ischemia Using Computerized Tomography.- 27. Preoperative Evaluation of STA-MCA Anastomosis Candidates with rCBF Studies.- 28. Some Comments on the Technique of STA-Cortical MCA Anastomoses.- 29. Angiographic Features of the Cortical Extra-Intracranial Anastomosis.- 30. Results of Multiple Angiographic Studies on Cerebral Revascularization Patients.- 31. Dopplersonographic Control of Microvascular Bypass Function.- 32. Cortical Arterial Pressure in Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease and Results of Bypass Surgery.- 33. Cerebral Revascularization for Stroke in Evolution.- 34. STA-MCA Bypass for Acute Focal Cerebral Ischemia.- 35. Multiple-Vessel Occlusions in Cerebrovascular Disease—a Further Followup of the Effects of Microvascular Bypass on the Quality of Life and the Incidence of Stroke.- 36. Extra- Intracranial Arterial Anastomosis in Ten Patients with Moya-Moya Syndrome (Occlusion of the Circle of Willis).- 37. Microsurgical Anastomosis forCerebral Ischemia in Ninety Patients.- 38. Long-Term Clinical Results following Extra- Intracranial Arterial Bypass Surgery.- 39. Late Followup Studies in a Selected Group of Patients with Extra- Intracranial Arterial Bypass.- 40. Bypass Surgery for Vascular Disease of the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Systems.