Factors affecting the outcome of decompressive craniectomy for large hemispheric infarctions: A prospective cohort study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 587-594

  Kilincer, C ^a   Asil, T ^a   Utku, U ^a   Hamamcioglu, M K ^a   Turgut, N ^a   Hicdonmez, T ^a   Simsek, O ^a   Ekuklu, G ^a   Cobanoglu, S ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain oedema; Cerebral infarction; Craniotomy; Middle cerebral artery infarction; Surgical decompression; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMISPHERE INFARCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044432057     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0493-7     Document Type: Article

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