Surgical decompression of patients with large middle cerebral artery infarcts is effective: Not proven

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2305-2306

  Brown, Martin M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Craniectomy; Decompression; Infarction, middle cerebral artery; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTRAN; MANNITOL;

AGE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041917402     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000089298.19012.9B     Document Type: Review

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