Comparison between routine and improved decompressive craniectomy on patients with malignant cerebral artery infarction without traumatic brain injury

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2085-2088

  Shao, Anwen ^a   Guo, Songxue ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a   Sun, Chongran ^a   Wu, Haijian ^a   Hong, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Jianmin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; decompressive craniectomy; surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888320897     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a2435a     Document Type: Article

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