Timely assessment of infarct volume and brain atrophy in acute hemispheric infarction for early surgical decompression: Strict cutoff criteria with high specificity

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-85

  Park, Jaechan ^a   Goh, Duck Ho ^a   Sung, Joo Kyung ^a   Hwang, Yang Ha ^a   Kang, Dong Hun ^a   Kim, Yongsun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cerebral infarction; Computed tomography; Decompressive surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856754279     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1178-z     Document Type: Article

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