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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 9/2018

01-09-2018 | Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Ischemia

Safety of urgent STA-MCA anastomosis after intravenous rt-PA treatment: a report of five cases and literature review

Authors: Ryo Kanematsu, Toshikazu Kimura, Yasumitsu Ichikawa, Tomohiro Inoue

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 9/2018

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Abstract

Background

Intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) with/without endovascular treatment is not as effective in atherosclerotic steno-occlusive acute ischemic stroke. Urgent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis is effective to some extent in progressing stroke, but the safety of STA-MCA anastomosis soon after rt-PA therapy is unknown. Our aim was to clarify the safety of STA-MCA anastomosis within 24 h after intravenous rt-PA.

Method

From 2005 to 2015, rt-PA was administered to 225 patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke according to the Japanese Stroke Guidelines, in our institution. Five patients underwent urgent STA-MCA anastomosis after rt-PA administration with or without endovascular recanalization. Clinical time course, surgical complications, and patients’ prognosis were investigated.

Results

The average of patient age was 65.4 years (range 49–77 years); three patients had internal carotid artery occlusion, and two patients had middle cerebral artery occlusion. The median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission was 12.4 (range 6–17 points) and operation occurred 10.6 h (range 5.3–23.6 h) after intravenous rt-PA administration. Hemostasis was achieved during standard STA-MCA anastomosis, and there were no hemorrhagic complications.

Conclusions

In our consecutive cases, urgent STA-MCA anastomosis after at least 5.3 h after intravenous rt-PA was performed safely without hemorrhagic complications.
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Metadata
Title
Safety of urgent STA-MCA anastomosis after intravenous rt-PA treatment: a report of five cases and literature review
Authors
Ryo Kanematsu
Toshikazu Kimura
Yasumitsu Ichikawa
Tomohiro Inoue
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-018-3576-y

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