Nationwide study of decompressive surgery for malignant supratentorial infarction in the Czech Republic: Utilization and outcome predictors - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 897-900

  Bar, Michal ^a   Mikulik, Robert ^b   Školoudík, David ^a   Czerny, Daniel ^a   Lipina, Radim ^a   Klecka, Lukas ^c   Juran, Vilem ^d   Mraček, Jan ^e   Vondráčková, Denisa ^f   Hrabalek, Lumir ^g   Brzezny, Richard ^h   Dienelt, Jan ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c City Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech republic; Decompressive surgery; Malignant ischemic stroke; Predictors; Survey; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957873345     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.JNS09888     Document Type: Article

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