What is the effect of Hematopoietic cell transplantation on Stroke prevention in children with SCD?
Hematopoietic cell transplantation can be curative for SCD and results in survival without SCD in 80% to 90% of patients. Clinical and subclinical infarctions have been reported to be arrested by this procedure. Surgical bypass has also been reported with improved outcomes in patients with SCD with moyamoya, but no randomized data are available.