Hemicraniectomy for space-occupying supratentorial ischemic stroke

Future Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-264

  Jüttler, Eric ^a   Köhrmann, Martin ^b   Aschoff, Alfred ^a   Huttner, Hagen B ^b   Hacke, Werner ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive surgery; Hemicraniectomy; Malignant; Middle cerebral artery infarction; Space occupying

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STEROID;

AGE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; THERAPY DELAY; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44149117736     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796708.3.3.251     Document Type: Review

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