Is decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery territory infarction of any benefit for elderly patients?

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Yao, Yu ^a   Liu, Weiguo ^a   Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Hu, Weiwei ^a   Li, Gu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Decompressive craniectomy; Elderly patients; Middle cerebral artery (MCA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22944467820     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.10.021     Document Type: Article

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