DEcompressive Surgery for the Treatment of malignant INfarction of the middle cerebral arterY - Registry (DESTINY-R): design and protocols

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Neugebauer, Hermann ^a   Heuschmann, Peter U ^b   Jüttler, Eric ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive surgery; Hemicraniectomy; Ischaemic stroke; Malignant MCA infarct; Registry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HEMICRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866785630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-115     Document Type: Article

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