Decompressive hemicraniectomy after malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Rationale and controversies

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Arnaout, Omar M ^a   Aoun, Salah G ^a   Batjer, H Hunt ^a   Bendok, Bernard R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Hemicraniectomy; Malignant stroke; Patient outcome; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958818398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.FOCUS1160     Document Type: Article

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