Decompressive craniectomy for intractable cerebral edema: Experience of a single center

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Ziai, Wendy C ^a,b   Port, John D ^a   Cowan, Jhon A ^a   Garonzik, Ira M ^a   Bhardwaj, Anish ^a   Rigamonti, Daniele ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cerebral infarction; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NEURORADIOLOGY; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POPULATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037223679     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200301000-00005     Document Type: Article

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