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Preventive Suboccipital Decompressive Craniectomy for Cerebellar Infarction
Author(s) -
MyeongJin Kim,
Sang Kyu Park,
Jihye Song,
Se-yang Oh,
Yong Cheol Lim,
Sook Young Sim,
Yong Sam Shin,
Joonho Chung
Publication year - 2016
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.116.014078
Subject(s) - medicine , modified rankin scale , decompressive craniectomy , odds ratio , infarction , logistic regression , propensity score matching , stroke (engine) , cerebral infarction , surgery , ischemic stroke , myocardial infarction , traumatic brain injury , ischemia , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
No evidence is available on the benefits of preventive suboccipital decompressive craniectomy (SDC) for patients with cerebellar infarction. The purpose of this matched case-control study was to investigate whether preventive SDC was associated with good clinical outcomes in patients with cerebellar infarction and to evaluate its predisposing factors.

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