Experimental model for maxillary artery to middle cerebral artery anastomosis in dogs: Technical note

✓ End-to-side anastomoses between the maxillary artery and a branch of the middle cerebral artery were performed as an experimental model for extracranial-intracranial shunt in dogs. Anastomoses were carried out after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Eighteen of 21 shunts were patent (86%) 2 weeks after the procedure.