Outcome and prognostic factors of decompressive hemicraniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 56-60

  Chen, Chun Chung ^a   Cho, Der Yang ^a   Tsai, Shu Chiu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decompressive surgery; Infarction; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMICRANIECTOMY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847715821     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70302-8     Document Type: Article

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