Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Medical or surgical treatment?;Infarto maligno de la arteria cerebral media: ¿Tratamiento médico o quirúrgico?

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Arjona Padillo, Antonio ^a,c   Serrano Castro, P J ^a   Guardado Santervas P ^a   Maestre Moreno, J F ^b   Olivares, J ^a   Peralta Labrador, J I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Malignant infarction; Middle cerebral artery; Mortality; Stroke; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342311943     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3802.2003327     Document Type: Review

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