Changes in Evoked Potentials during Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery: A Case Series Report

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass is a surgical treatment for ischemic stroke caused by large artery occlusion. Intraoperative neuropsychological monitoring (IONM) is useful for ensuring cerebral perfusion. Herein, we report 5 cases of patients with ischemic stroke who underwent STA-MCA bypass with IONM. We investigated whether the improved cerebral perfusion was reflected in real time on the evoked potentials (EP) of IONM. To measure changes in cerebral perfusion, all patients underwent pre- and post-operative perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI). Additionally, functional assessments were performed before and after the surgery. We found that the motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes showed a consistent increase at the end of surgery. The somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) latencies decreased consistently, but this change was not large. SSEP amplitudes showed no consistent change. Most of the PWI findings and functional assessments of our patients also improved after the surgery. After bypass surgery, MEP showed more reliable and consistent changes than SSEP.

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