Early surgery versus initial conservative treatment in patients with spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral haematomas in the International Surgical Trial in Intracerebral Haemorrhage (STICH): A randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9457, 2005, Pages 387-397

  Mendelow, A David ^a   Gregson, Barbara A ^b   Fernandes, Helen M ^b   Murray, Gordon D ^b   Teasdale, Graham M ^b   Terence Hope, D ^b   Karimi, Abbas ^b   Shaw, M Donald M ^b   Barer, David H ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144256723     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)70233-6     Document Type: Article

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