A case involing anesthesia for middle cerebral artery-distal internal carotid artery bypass surgery for a ruptured cerebral aneurysm in a patient with a descending aortic dissection and who had previously undergone a bentall operation: A case report

Park, Sookyoung; Song, Ho Kyung; Cho, Eun Jung; Park, Soo Seog; Jang, Yeon; You, Ju Hyun; Kim, Dal Ah

Case Report

Neuroanesthesia

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2010;5(4):325-328.
Published online October 31, 2010.

A case involing anesthesia for middle cerebral artery-distal internal carotid artery bypass surgery for a ruptured cerebral aneurysm in a patient with a descending aortic dissection and who had previously undergone a bentall operation: A case report

Sookyoung Park, Ho Kyung Song, Eun Jung Cho, Soo Seog Park, Yeon Jang, Ju Hyun You, Dal Ah Kim

Department of Anesthesiology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. genovia@catholic.ac.kr

Abstract

We experienced a case of middle cerebral artery-distal internal carotid artery bypass surgery for treating a ruptured cerebral aneurysm in a 50-year-old female who also had a descending aortic dissection and a past history of receiving a Bentall operation for an ascending aortic dissection 7 years previously. The patient successfully underwent surgery and we report on this experience along with a brief review of the relevant literature.

Key Words: Aortic dissection, Bypass surgery, Cerebral aneurysm, General anesthesia