Abstract
In 1979, Goldsmith et al, first reported on the topic of “Omental transposition to brain of stroke patients”. Since then, China began top ractise this procedure in many parts of the country. This paper presents 66 cases treated with omentum transplantation collected from nine medical units in this country.
Sex : male 55, Female 13. Age ranged from 25 to 68; the duration of illness from 2 months to 5 years.
Out of the 66 cases, 62 were studied angiographically before operation, which revealed evidence of internal carotid artery occulusion in 19 cases, internal carotid artery stenosis in 8, middle cerebral artery occlusion in 26, Moyamoya disease in 4, normal findings in 5.
