The role of surgery in ischemic stroke: Decompressive surgery

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Unterberg, Andreas ^a   Juettler, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Decompressive craniectomy; DESTINY study; Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction; Neurological outcome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847280411     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3280a9e5ae     Document Type: Review

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