Decompressive craniectomy for ischemic stroke

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-310

  Matsuura, Daisuke ^a,b,e   Inatomi, Yuichiro ^a   Yonehara, Toshiro ^a   Fujioka, Shodo ^a   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^c   Hirano, Teruyuki ^d   Uchino, Makoto ^d  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Brain infarction; Decompressive craniectomy; Long term outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FAMILY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646776400     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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