Hemicraniectomy in the management of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Lessons from randomized, controlled trials

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 5, Issue Supplement, 2014, Pages

  Hatefi, Dustin ^a   Hirshman, Brian ^a   Leys, Didier ^b   Lejeune, Jean Paul ^a   Marshall, Lawrence ^a   Carter, Bob S ^a   Kasper, Ekkehard ^c   Chen, Clark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMICRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; SKULL SURGERY; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84916218569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.132589     Document Type: Review

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