Decompressive craniectomy for treatment of intracranial hypertension secondary to large ischemic cerebral infarction: Analysis of 34 cases;Craniectomia descompressiva para tratamento de hipertensão intracraniana secundária a infarto encefálico isquêmico extenso: Análise de 34 casos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Nobre, Márcio Costa ^a,c   Monteiro, Marcílio ^b   De Albuquerque, Antônio Carlos ^a   Veloso, Adriano Teixeira ^a   Mendes, Vandete Aguiar ^a   Silveira, Marise Fagundes ^b   De Souza Filho, Lucídio Duarte ^c   Da Silva, Marcelo José ^c   Bicalho, Geraldo Vítor Cardoso ^c  

^a Neurocirurgião do Hospital Santa Casa de Montes Claros MG   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^c Curso de Medicina da UNIMONTES ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cerebral infarction; Decompressive craniectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147125934     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100022     Document Type: Article

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