Decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Evidence and controversies

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1018-1022

  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

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TROMETAMOL;

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MALIGNANT CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960745516     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.12.021     Document Type: Review

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