Decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction. Report of two cases;Hemicraniectomía descompresiva en dos pacientes con infarto maligno de la arteria cerebral media

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-452

  Mellado T, Patricio ^a   Castillo F, Luis ^a   Campos P, Manuel ^a   Bugedo T, Guillermo ^a   Dougnac L, Alberto ^a   Andresen H, Max ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Intracranial pressure; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31144458772     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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