Paediatric neurointensive care and decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction
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Quality of life after decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction.
Malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction is a devastating condition leading to early death in nearly 80% of cases due to the rapid rise of intracranial pressure despite maximum medical management of the ischaemic brain oedema. Decompressive craniectomy (DC) has been proposed to prevent brain herniation in malignant MCA infarction, but it remains controversial in the absence of randomis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0012-1622
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03817.x