Decompressive hemicraniectomy in pediatric patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Case series and review of the literature

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 126-133

  Shah, Shreyansh ^a   Murthy, Santosh B ^a   Whitehead, William Ernest ^a   Jea, Andrew ^a   Nassif, Lisa Michael ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral edema; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Intracranial pressure management; Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction; Pediatric stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; ETIRACETAM; FLUCYTOSINE; LIPOPROTEIN A; MANNITOL; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; DIARRHEA; DIFFUSION; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ACA; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CEREBRAL EDEMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; DCH; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; GCS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; ICP; ICU; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MANAGEMENT; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; MCA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MMCAI; MODIFIED RANKIN SCALE; MRS; NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE STROKE SCALE; NIHSS; PEDIATRIC STROKE; TBI; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DILATATION; FANCONI ANEMIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUPIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883766540     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.06.001     Document Type: Review

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