Surgical outcome following decompressive craniectomy for poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with associated massive intracerebral or sylvian hematomas

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 612-617

  Otani, Naoki ^a   Takasato, Yoshio ^a   Masaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Hayakawa, Takanori ^a   Yoshino, Yoshikazu ^a   Yatsushige, Hiroshi ^a   Miyawaki, Hiroki ^a   Sumiyoshi, Kyoko ^a   Chikashi, Aoyagi ^a   Takeuchi, Satoru ^a   Suzuki, Goh ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION DISASTER MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem compression; Cerebral angiography; Intracerebral hematoma; Intracranial hypertension; Massive ischemic infarction; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 54149086938     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165115     Document Type: Article

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