Craniectomy in acute ischemic stroke

Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Agarwalla, Pankaj K ^a   Stapleton, Christopher J ^a   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Edema; Ischemic stroke; Suboccipital decompression

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCULATION; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; SKULL; STROKE;

EID: 84892944644     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000226     Document Type: Article

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