Decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant hemispheric infarction

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Vahedi, Katayoun ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; CRYOTHERAPY; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALIGNANT HEMISPHERIC INFARCTION; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPEECH THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 60349110813     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-009-0014-8     Document Type: Review

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