How often are patients with ischemic stroke eligible for decompressive hemicraniectomy?

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 550-552

  Rahme, Ralph ^a   Curry, Richard ^a   Kleindorfer, Dawn ^a   Khoury, Jane C ^b   Ringer, Andrew J ^a   Kissela, Brett M ^a   Alwell, Kathleen ^a   Moomaw, Charles J ^a   Flaherty, Matthew L ^a   Khatri, Pooja ^a   Woo, Daniel ^a   Ferioli, Simona ^a   Broderick, Joseph ^a   Adeoye, Opeolu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decompressive surgery; epidemiology; stroke care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OHIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856476165     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.635185     Document Type: Article

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