Brain vascularization by transplanted omentum: a possible treatment of cerebral ischemia

Neurosurgery. 1977 Nov-Dec;1(3):256-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-197711000-00006.

Abstract

The authors report their experience with experimental brain vascularization with the use of transplanted omentum majus. The possibility of treating cerebral ischemia with this method is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cerebral Arteries / surgery*
  • Dogs
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / etiology
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / surgery*
  • Methods
  • Omentum / transplantation*
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Transplantation, Autologous