Why the study?
Does STA/MCA bypass operation improve neuropsychological status in patients with transient ischemic attacks?
Does STA/MCA bypass operation improve neuropsychological status in patients with transient ischemic attacks?
STA/MCA bypass surgery may provide minor neuropsychological improvement in patients with recent TIAs, though full intellectual rehabilitation is not achieved.
May not alter TIA management; leaves open neuropsychological effects of STA/MCA bypass.
A neuropsychological study of 12 patients with transient ischemic attacks from the carotid artery territory was carried out about 2 months following their latest attack, about a week before STA/MCA bypass operation, and again 3 months postoperatively. The results suggest that the TIA patients as a group were slightly intellectually impaired preoperatively. After the operation, a minor neuropsychological improvement had taken place although they still were not fully intellectually rehabilitated.
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