Decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Impact on mortality and functional outcome

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 5, Issue Supplement, 2014, Pages

  Raffiq, Mohammed Azman Mohammad ^a   Haspani, Mohammed Saffari Mohammad ^a   Kandasamy, Regunath ^b   Abdullah, Jafri Malin ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Malignant cerebral infarction; Middle cerebral artery infarction

Indexed keywords

OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916197453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.135342     Document Type: Article

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