Omental transposition to brain surface in ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Preliminary report.

There is presented the case of a patient with an ischaemic stroke of the right cerebral hemisphere who was treated surgically by the transposition of omentum to the affected area of the brain. This type of operation is carried out with increasing frequency in countries of the Far East and in arousing more interest over the whole world because of the discovery in recent years that the omentum contains biologically active substances taking part in neurotransmission and having angiogenic and neurotropic action.