Hemicraniectomy in the management of space-occupying ischemic stroke

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-12

  Flechsenhar, Julia ^a   Woitzik, Johannes ^a   Zweckberger, Klaus ^b   Amiri, Hemasse ^b   Hacke, Werner ^b   Jüttler, Eric ^a,b,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Ischemic stroke; Malignant infarction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CRANIOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871412871     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.02.019     Document Type: Review

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