Infratentorial and supratentorial strokes after a cranioplasty

Neurologist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  Chitale, Rohan ^a   Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula ^a   Gonzalez, Fernando ^a   Dumont, Aaron S ^a   Rosenwasser, Robert H ^a   Jabbour, Pascal M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty complications; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Stroke; Sunken skin flap syndrome; Syndrome of the trephined

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFRATENTORIAL STROKE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PETECHIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRATENTORIAL STROKE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84872119560     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31827c6bb6     Document Type: Article

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