Outcome of large hemispheric infarcts: an experience of 50 patients in Taiwan

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Chen, Wei Hung ^a,b   Bai, Chyi Huey ^a,c   Huang, Sheng Jean ^d   Chiu, Hou Chang ^a   Lien, Li Ming ^a,b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Large hemispheric infarct; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRUM; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; MYDRIASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35349010524     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.07.086     Document Type: Article

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