Craniectomy for acute ischemic stroke: How to apply the data to the bedside

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-58

  Merenda, Amedeo ^a   Degeorgia, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Ischemic stroke; Malignant hemispheric infarction; Neurocritical care

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRANIECTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE;

EID: 74049108270     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328334bdf4     Document Type: Review

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