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15 mar 2021 · Decompressive surgery can be a life-saving measure, and here we discuss the most up-to-date literature and provide a review on the surgical management of large hemispheric ischemic strokes. Large hemispheric infarctions (LHIs) lead to significant disability and mortality.
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- Prediction of Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction by Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
Background and Purpose—This study was designed to analyze...
- Hemicraniectomy for Massive Middle Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction
Background and Purpose— Hemicraniectomy and durotomy have...
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- Sonographic Monitoring of Midline Shift in Space-Occupying Stroke
Background and Purpose—Transcranial color-coded duplex...
- Patient Preferences for Stroke Outcomes. | Stroke
In clinical trials stroke is reported as a major morbid...
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Several factors influence the timing of decompressive hemi-craniectomy, including the severity of infarction, antithrom-botic medications, and the tempo of developing malignant cerebral edema.5 Previous publications have found that the progression of cerebral edema after acute infarction ranges between 2 and 5 days: while 68% of patients exhibit...
Consider decompressive hemicraniectomy (which should be performed within 48 hours of symptom onset) for people with acute stroke who meet all of the following criteria:
Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical technique aiming to open the “closed box” represented by the non-expandable skull in cases of refractory intracranial hypertension.
11 maj 2021 · The primary treatment option for space-occupying infarction in one of the brain hemispheres is surgical decompression, consisting of the surgical removal of a large part of the skull and widening of the meninges on the side of the infarct.
decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) reduces mortality without increasing the risk of severe disability. However, as the foundational DHC randomized, controlled
A craniectomy is a type of major brain surgery where a surgeon removes part of your skull to access your brain. Your surgeon doesn’t replace your skull during this procedure. A follow-up procedure called a cranioplasty replaces the removed piece of your skull at another time.
