Technical aspects of decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1023-1027

  Johnson, Reuben D ^a   Maartens, Nicholas F ^b   Teddy, Peter J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Malignant infarct; Neurosurgery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BONE GRAFT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MALIGNANT CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINKING SKIN FLAP SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

BRAIN INFARCTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960744629     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.12.025     Document Type: Review

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