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The MCoA would draw blood flow from an adjacent circulation such as the external carotid circulation. The MCoA requires the application of fourth-generation techniques to reconstruct bi- and trifurcations after occluding complex MCA trunk aneurysms. In this report, the authors describe two recent cases of complex MCA bi- and trifurcation aneurysms in which the occluded efferent trunks were revascularized by creating an MCoA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    The first MCoA was created with a \u201cdouble-barrel\u201d superficial temporal artery\u2013M\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    segment bypass and end-to-end reimplantation of the middle and inferior MCA trunks. The second MCoA was created with an external carotid artery\u2013radial artery graft\u2013M\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    segment interpositional bypass and end-to-side reimplantation of the inferior trunk onto the superior trunk. 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