Controversy of Surgical Treatment for Severe Cerebellar Infarction

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Kudo, Hiroshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Tetsuro ^b   Minami, Hiroaki ^c   Kuwamura, Keiichi ^c   Miyata, Masaru ^d   Kohmura, Eiji ^e  

^a HYOGO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji   (Japan)

^c HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Takatsuki   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar infarction; decompressive surgery; external ventricular drainage; suboccipital craniectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36149001289     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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