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SynthesisNeurosurgical review2024

Complications associated with combined direct and indirect bypass in Moyamoya Disease: A meta-analysis.

Sávio Batista, Stefan Koester, Anthony E Bishay, Raphael Bertani, Dan Zimelewicz Oberman, Livia V de Abreu, Jhon E Bocanegra-Becerra, Dillan Amaral, Albert M Isaacs, Michael Dewan and 1 more

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Synthesis in Neurosurgical review, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Controversies in Treatment Methodologies in Cerebrovascular Surgery.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Sávio BatistaSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil.
Stefan KoesterVanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Anthony E BishayVanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Raphael BertaniDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Dan Zimelewicz ObermanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Galeão Air Force Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Livia V de AbreuSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil. liviavdeabreu@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5704-8571
Jhon E Bocanegra-BecerraDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Dillan AmaralSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil.
Albert M IsaacsDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Michael DewanDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Eberval Gadelha FigueiredoDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRNeurological Surgery · USUniversidade de São Paulo · BRVanderbilt University · USMayo Clinic Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bypass revascularization helps prevent complications in Moyamoya Disease (MMD). To systematically review complications associated with combined direct and indirect (CB) bypass in MMD and analyze differences between the adult and pediatric populations. A systematic literature review was conducted per PRISMA guidelines. PUBMED, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and CINAHL, were queried from January 1980 to March 2022. Complications were defined as any event in the immediate post-surgical period of a minimum 3 months follow-up. Exclusion criteria included lack of surgical complication reports, non-English articles, and CB unspecified or reported separately. 18 final studies were included of 1580 procured. 1151 patients (per study range = 10-150, mean = 63.9) were analyzed. 9 (50.0%) studies included pediatric patients. There were 32 total hemorrhagic, 74 total ischemic and 16 total seizure complications, resulting in a rate of 0.04 (95% CI 0.03, 0.06), 0.7 (95% CI 0.04, 0.10) and 0.03 (95% CI 0.02, 0.05), respectively. The rate of hemorrhagic complications in the pediatric showed no significant difference from the adult subgroup (0.03 (95% CI 0.01-0.08) vs. 0.06 (95% CI 0.04-0.10, p = 0.19), such as the rate of ischemic complications (0.12 (95% CI 0.07-0.23) vs. 0.09 (95% CI 0.05-0.14, p = 0.40). Ischemia is the most common complication in CB for MMD. Pediatric patients had similar hemorrhagic and ischemic complication rates compared to adults.

Indexed as

Cerebral RevascularizationMoyamoya DiseaseStrokeAdultChildHumansSeizuresTreatment OutcomeBypassCombinedComplicationsMeta-analysisMoyamoyaSystematic review

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PMID38244093
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