Decompressive craniectomy after intra-arterial thrombolysis: Safety and outcome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 885-887

  Fischer, Urs ^a   Taussky, Philipp ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Reinert, Michael ^a   Meier, Niklaus ^a   Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEPTICEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960146633     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.198648     Document Type: Article

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