• World Neurosurg · Oct 2016

    Review Meta Analysis

    Direct Bypass versus Indirect Bypass in Adult Moyamoya Angiopathy with Symptoms or Hemodynamic Instability: a Meta-analysis of Comparative Studies.

    • Hoon Kim, Dong-Kyu Jang, Young-Min Han, Jae Hoon Sung, Ik Seong Park, Kwan-Sung Lee, Ji-Ho Yang, Pil Woo Huh, Young Sup Park, Dal-Soo Kim, and Kyung-Do Han.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea.
    • World Neurosurg. 2016 Oct 1; 94: 273-284.

    BackgroundIt remains controversial which bypass methods are optimal for treating adult moyamoya angiopathy patients. This study aimed to analyze the literature about whether different bypass methods affect differently outcome results of adult moyamoya patients with symptoms or hemodynamic instability.MethodsA systematic search of the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases was performed for articles published between 1990 and 2015. Comparative studies about the effect of direct or combined bypass (direct bypass group) and indirect bypass (indirect bypass group) in patients with moyamoya angiopathy at 18 years of age or older were selected. For stroke incidence at the end of the follow-up period, the degree of angiographic revascularization, hemodynamic improvement, and perioperative complication rates within 30 days, pooled relative risks were calculated between the 2 groups with a 95% confidence interval.ResultsA total of 8 articles (including 536 patients and 732 treated hemispheres) were included in the meta-analysis. There were no significant differences between the 2 groups when we compared the overall stroke rate, the hemodynamic improvement rate, or the perioperative complication rate at the end of the follow-up period. The direct bypass group, however, had a lower risk than the indirect bypass group for obtaining a poor angiographic revascularization rate (risk ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.15-0.84; P = 0.02).ConclusionsThe current meta-analysis suggests that the direct or combined bypass surgical method is better for angiographic revascularization in adult moyamoya patients with symptoms or hemodynamic instability. Future studies may be necessary to confirm these findings.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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