Decompressive craniectomy versus conservative treatment: limits and possibilities in malignant stroke
ABSTRACT Background: Malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) occurs in a subgroup of patients with ischemic stroke and early decompressive craniectomy (DC) is one of its treatments. Objective: To investigate the functional outcome of patients with malignant ischemic stroke treat...
Main Authors: | Isaac Holanda Mendes MAIA, Thaissa Pinto de MELO, Fabrício Oliveira LIMA, João José de Freitas CARVALHO, Francisco José Arruda MONT’ALVERNE, Edson LOPES JÚNIOR, Marcelo Bezerra DIÓGENES, Thaís Saraiva Leão CUNHA, Bárbara Matos Almeida QUEIROZ, Marina Franciss TAMIETTI, Fernanda Martins MAIA |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2020005011206&lng=en&tlng=en |
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