Early hemicraniectomy in patients with complete middle cerebral artery infarction

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1888-1893

  Schwab, Stefan ^a   Steiner, T ^a   Aschoff, A ^a   Schwarz, S ^a   Steiner, H H ^a   Jansen, O ^a   Hacke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cerebral infarction; Hemicraniectomy; Intracranial pressure; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031664404     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.9.1888     Document Type: Article

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