Decompressive hemicraniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarct: A randomized controlled trial enrolling patients up to 80 years old

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-171

  Zhao, Jingwei ^a   Su, Ying Ying ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Yun Zhou ^a   Zhao, Ruilin ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Gao, Ran ^a   Chen, Weibi ^a   Gao, Daiquan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Elderly stroke patients; Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869204882     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9703-3     Document Type: Article

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