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.