Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Christian Fung,
Michael Murek,
Werner J. Z’Graggen,
Anna Katharina Krähenbühl,
Oliver Gautschi,
Philippe Schucht,
Jan Gralla,
Karl Schaller,
Marcel Arnold,
Urs Fischer,
Heinrich P. Mattle,
Andreas Raabe,
Jürgen Beck
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.112.666537
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , glasgow coma scale , modified rankin scale , decompressive craniectomy , intracerebral hemorrhage , hematoma , surgery , midline shift , brain herniation , stroke (engine) , glasgow outcome scale , intracranial pressure , coma (optics) , anesthesia , traumatic brain injury , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , psychiatry , engineering
Decompressive craniectomy (DC) lowers intracranial pressure and improves outcome in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery stroke. Its usefulness in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze feasibility and safety of DC without clot evacuation in ICH.
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