Repeated hemicraniectomy for malignant cerebral edema: getting it right first time

Can J Neurol Sci. 2008 Nov;35(5):652-4. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100009471.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Athletic Injuries / complications
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Edema / pathology*
  • Brain Edema / surgery*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / physiopathology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / complications*
  • Craniotomy / methods*
  • Craniotomy / standards
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy
  • Depressive Disorder / etiology
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / complications*
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / etiology
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / physiopathology
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Paresis / pathology
  • Paresis / physiopathology
  • Quality of Life
  • Reoperation
  • Skull / anatomy & histology
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome