Conclusions:
The results of our study indicate that surgical revascularization is
safe and does not result in further strokes in pediatric patients with
SCD-MMS. On the other hand, patients with the same diagnosis treated
conservatively experienced strokes at a rate of 3% per year, however
the difference between the two groups’ stroke rates were not
statistically significant. Larger multicenter prospective studies are
warranted to further examine the utility and safety of surgical
revascularization in this patient population.
Disclosures: The authors report no conflict of interest concerning the
materials or methods used in this study or the findings specified in
this paper.
Acknowledgments: We wish to acknowledge that this work has been
supported in part by the Lucy B. Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust and
the Baptist Health Foundation of Northeast Florida, both of which are
not-for-profit organizations.
Data Availability Statement: The data that support the findings of this
study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data
are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.