Emergency embolectomy for treatment of acute middle cerebral artery occlusion

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-262

  Horiuchi, Tetsuyoshi ^a   Nitta, Junpei ^a   Sakai, Keiichi ^a   Tanaka, Yuichiro ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolectomy; Embolus; Fibrinolysis; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846850234     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.2.257     Document Type: Article

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