Direct Bypass Surgery for Moyamoya and Steno-occlusive Vasculopathy: Clinical Outcomes, Intraoperative Blood Flow Analysis, Long-term Follow-up, and Long-term Bypass Patency in a Single Surgeon Case Series of 162 Procedures.

BACKGROUND: Cerebral extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) direct bypass is a commonly used procedure for the treatment of cerebral hypoperfusion secondary to chronic steno-occlusive vasculopathy. We sought to determine clinical outcomes, intraoperative blood flow analysis, long term follow up, and long term patency rates from a single surgeon's series of direct cerebral bypass for moyamoya disease, moyamoya syndrome, and steno-occlusive disease. METHODS: We reviewed clinical, demographic, operative and neuroimaging records for all patients who underwent a direct EC-IC bypass by the senior author between August 1999 and November 2020. Primary outcomes analyzed were functional long-term outcomes (by modified Rankin score [mRS]), surgical complications, and short-term and long-term bypass patency. RESULTS: A total of 162 revascularization procedures in 124 patients were performed. Mean clinical follow up time was 2 years 11 months. The combined immediate and long term postoperative stroke and/or intracerebral hemorrhage rate was 6.2%. There were 17 bypasses (10%) that were found to be occluded at long-term follow-up, all but one were asymptomatic. Long-term graft occlusion was correlated with presence of complete collateralization on preoperative angiography but not cut flow index (CFI). Overall, patients had a significant clinical improvement with a mean mRS score 1.8 preoperatively and 1.2 postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: In our consecutive series of patients treated with direct EC-IC cerebral bypass, there was significant improvement in functional outcome as measured by the mRS. The long term patency rate was 90%. There was a statistically significant correlation between complete or incomplete angiographic collateralization patterns and long-term bypass occlusion. There was no correlation between bypass type, clinical syndrome, or CFI and long-term occlusions. The role of bypass surgery and the need for surgical expertise remain strong in the treatment of moyamoya variants and a select group of atherosclerotic steno-occlusive patients.

Frecuencia de infecciones respiratorias agudas en niños y adolescentes con asma de la provincia de Pinar del Río / Frequency of acute breathing infections in children and adolescents with asthma from Pinar del Río province

Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico analítico, de casos y controles en fase exploratoria, con vistas a determinar si la frecuencia de infecciones respiratorias en niños y adolescentes con asma de la provincia de Pinar del Río superaba la observada en aquellos que no presentaban esa enfermedad, desde julio del 2014 hasta junio del 2015. Para ello se conformaron 2 grupos de 585 integrantes cada uno, o sea un control por cada caso. Luego de procesada la información, se obtuvo un predominio del sexo masculino, en tanto, el catarro común fue la infección que afectó con mayor frecuencia fundamentalmente a los pacientes de 5-9 años de edad. Asimismo, se destacó un incremento del riesgo de padecer -- por orden de frecuencia -- afecciones, tales como catarro común, amigdalitis aguda y neumonía, bronconeumonía, así como neumonía intersticial(AU)

An analytic epidemiologic, of cases and controls study in exploratory phase, aimed at determining if the frequency of breathing infections in children and adolescents with asthma from Pinar del Río exceeded the one observed in those that didn't present that disease, was carried out from July, 2014 to June, 2015. Two groups of 585 members each one were conformed for that purpose, that is to say a control for each case. After having processed the information, there was a prevalence of the male sex, while, the common cold was the infection that affected with higher frequency fundamentally those patients aged 5-9. Also, it was emphasized an increment of the risk from suffering -- in order of frequency -- disorders, such as common cold, acute tonsillitis and pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, as well as interstitial pneumonia(AU)

Frecuencia de infecciones respiratorias agudas en niños y adolescentes con asma de la provincia de Pinar del Río / Frequency of acute breathing infections in children and adolescents with asthma from Pinar del Río province

Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico analítico, de casos y controles en fase exploratoria, con vistas a determinar si la frecuencia de infecciones respiratorias en niños y adolescentes con asma de la provincia de Pinar del Río superaba la observada en aquellos que no presentaban esa enfermedad, desde julio del 2014 hasta junio del 2015. Para ello se conformaron 2 grupos de 585 integrantes cada uno, o sea un control por cada caso. Luego de procesada la información, se obtuvo un predominio del sexo masculino, en tanto, el catarro común fue la infección que afectó con mayor frecuencia fundamentalmente a los pacientes de 5-9 años de edad. Asimismo, se destacó un incremento del riesgo de padecer -- por orden de frecuencia -- afecciones, tales como catarro común, amigdalitis aguda y neumonía, bronconeumonía, así como neumonía intersticial

An analytic epidemiologic, of cases and controls study in exploratory phase, aimed at determining if the frequency of breathing infections in children and adolescents with asthma from Pinar del Río exceeded the one observed in those that didn't present that disease, was carried out from July, 2014 to June, 2015. Two groups of 585 members each one were conformed for that purpose, that is to say a control for each case. After having processed the information, there was a prevalence of the male sex, while, the common cold was the infection that affected with higher frequency fundamentally those patients aged 5-9. Also, it was emphasized an increment of the risk from suffering -- in order of frequency -- disorders, such as common cold, acute tonsillitis and pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, as well as interstitial pneumonia