Surgical decompression for space-occupying cerebral infarction (the Hemicraniectomy After Middle Cerebral Artery infarction with Life-threatening Edema Trial [HAMLET]): a multicentre, open, randomised trial

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-333

  Hofmeijer, Jeannette ^a,b   Kappelle, L Jaap ^b   Algra, Ale ^b,c   Amelink, G Johan ^b   van Gijn, Jan ^b   van der Worp, H Bart ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DEPRESSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149098006     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70047-X     Document Type: Article

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