Factors associated with outcome after hemicraniectomy for large middle cerebral artery territory infarction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 681-691

  Curry Jr , William T ^a   Sethi, Manish K ^a   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a   Carter, Bob S ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemicraniectomy; Outcome; Stroke; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMICRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844377104     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000156604.41886.62     Document Type: Article

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