Decompressive hemicraniectomy, strokectomy, or both in the treatment of malignant middle cerebral artery syndrome

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 480-486

  Kostov, Dean B ^a   Singleton, Richard H ^a   Panczykowski, David ^a   Kanaan, Hilal A ^a   Horowitz, Michael B ^a   Jovin, Tudor ^a   Jankowitz, Brian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Malignant MCA syndrome; Stroke; Strokectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT SUPRATENTORIAL INFARCTION; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868595843     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.12.080     Document Type: Review

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