Hemicraniectomy and durotomy upon deterioration from infarction-related swelling trial: Randomized pilot clinical trial

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 781-787

  Frank, Jeffrey I ^a   Schumm, L Philip ^a   Wroblewski, Kristen ^a   Chyatte, Douglas ^b   Rosengart, Axel J ^c   Kordeck, Christi ^a   Thisted, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Craniectomy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DETERIORATION; DUROTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMICRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN EDEMA; CRANIECTOMY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899136824     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003200     Document Type: Article

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