Decompressive craniectomy is not an independent risk factor for communicating hydrocephalus in patients with increased intracranial pressure

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 675-678

  Rahme, Ralph ^a   Weil, Alexander G ^a   Sabbagh, Mike ^a   Moumdjian, Robert ^a   Bouthillier, Alain ^a   Bojanowski, Michel W ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Hemicraniectomy; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Malignant middle cerebral artery territory infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956185677     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000383142.10103.0B     Document Type: Review

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