Abstract
From June 1979 to December 1979, 22 of STA-MCA anastomosis were performed successfully in this institution. Ten of these patients has the cerebrovascular lesion in their dominant side of hemisphere. Range of age of this group was from 37 to 69 (Average: 56. 5). Only one of these patients was female. Mode of the onset was follows: minor stroke; 3, progressing stroke; 1, major stroke; 6. Location of the lesion was classified as follows: extracranial occlusion of IC; 3, intracranial IC stenosis; 1, occlusion of MCA; 5, stenosis of MCA; 1. One week to 7 months after the initial onset, these patient had the surgical procedures. As a result, the good recovery of the moter function was observed on 6 patients. Three cases showed fair results and one unchanged. Concerning to improvement of aphasia, good results were revealed on 4 cases. Fair and unchanged cases were 5 and 1, respectively. These observation would be hopefully compared with a natural course of un-operated individuals in future.
