Decompressive hemicraniectomy in subarachnoid haemorrhage: The influence of infarction, haemorrhage and brain swelling

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 799-801

  Guresir E ^a   Raabe, A ^a   Setzer, M ^a   Vatter, H ^a   Gerlach, R ^a   Seifert, V ^a   Beck, J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650507495     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.155630     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Schwab S, Steiner T, Aschoff A, et al. Early hemicraniectomy in patients with complete middle cerebral artery infarction. Stroke 1998;29:1888-93.
2. Bullock MR, Chesnut R, Ghajar J, et al. Surgical management of acute subdural hematomas. Neurosurgery 2006;58:16-24S.
3. Vahedi K, Hofmeijer J, Juettler E, et al. Early decompressive surgery in malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery: a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials. Lancet Neurol 2007;6:215-22.
4. Fergusen S, Macdonald RL. Predictors of cerebral infarction in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 2007;60:658-67.
5. Broderick JP, Brott TG, Duldner JE, et el. Initial and recurrent bleeding are the major causes of death following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke 1994;25:1342-7.
6. D'Ambrosio AL, Sughrue ME, Yorgason JG, et al. Decompressive hemicraniectomy for poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients with associated intracerebral hemorrhage: clinical outcome and quality of life assessment. Neurosurgery 2005;56:12-19.
7. Buschmann U, Yonekawa Y, Fortunati M, et al. Decompressive hemicraniectomy in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and intractable intracranial hypertension. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2007;149:59-65.
8. Schirmer CM, Hoit DA, Malek AM. Decompressive hemicraniectomy for the treatment of intractable intracranial hypertension after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke 2007;38:987-92.
9. Beck J, Rohde S, Berkefeld J, et al. Size and location of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms measured by 3-dimensional rotational angiography. Surg Neurol 2006;65:18-25.
10. Raabe A, Beck J, Rohde S, et al. Three-dimensional rotational angiography guidance for aneurysm surgery. J Neurosurg 2006;105:406-11.
11. Sakowitz OW, Raabe A, Vucak D, et al. Contemporary management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in Germany: results of a survey among 100 neurosurgical departments. Neurosurgery 2006;58:137-45.
12. Raabe A, Beck J, Keller M, et al. Relative importance of hypertension compared with hypervolemia for increasing cerebral oxygenation in patients with cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosurg 2005;103:974-81.
13. Beck J, Raabe A, Szelenyi A, et al. Sentinel headache and the risk of rebleeding after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke 2006;37:2733-7.
14. Güresir E, Beck J, Vatter H, et al. Subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hematoma: incidence, prognostic factors and outcome. Neurosurgery. In press.
15. Smith ER, Carter BS, Ogilvy CS. Proposed use of prophylactic decompressive craniectomy in poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients presenting with associated large sylvian hematomas. Neurosurgery 2002;51:117-24.