Internal Carotid Artery Blood Flow in Pediatric Moyamoya Patients

Seoul National University Hospital30 enrolled

Overview

Little is known about how general anesthesia-induced decrease in cerebral blood flow in pediatric moyamoya pateints. We investigated this question in patients undergoing moyamoya surgery, hypothesizing that cardiorespiratory changes during this procedure would reduce cerebral perfusion.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Carotid Artery, Internal

Interventions

Ultrasound assessmentDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Ultrasound assessment of internal carotid artery blood flow

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * pediatric patients undergoing encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis surgery for moyamoya disease Exclusion Criteria: * cutaneous lesion on the neck

Locations (1)

Hee-Soo Kim

Seoul, Soul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Internal carotid artery blood flow velocity

ultrasound assessment of internal carotid artery blood flow velocity

Time frame: from anesthetic induction to end of surgery, an average of 5 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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