Outcome after decompressive craniectomy in patients with dominant middle cerebral artery infarction: A preliminary report

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 509-515

  Kumar, Amandeep ^a   Sharma, Manish Singh ^a   Sharma, Bhawani Shanker ^a   Bhatia, Rohit ^a   Singh, Manmohan ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Kumar, Rajinder ^a   Suri, Ashish ^a   Chandra, Poodipedi Sarat ^a   Kale, Shashank Sharad ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; dominant; middle cerebral artery; outcome; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOMINANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84887572676     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.120445     Document Type: Article

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