Decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Impact on mortality and functional outcome.

PubWeight™: 0.84‹?›

🔗 View Article (PMC 4123249)

Published in Surg Neurol Int on June 26, 2014

Authors

Mohammad Azman Mohammed Raffiq1, Mohammed Saffari Mohammad Haspani1, Regunath Kandasamy2, Jafri Malin Abdullah2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2: Department of Neurosciences, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Associated clinical trials:

Stereotactic Infarct Tissue Aspiration for Malignant Infarction of Middle Cerebral Artery (SMART) | NCT02609256

Articles cited by this

Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet (1974) 39.76

Power and sample size calculations. A review and computer program. Control Clin Trials (1990) 9.58

Surgical decompression for space-occupying cerebral infarction (the Hemicraniectomy After Middle Cerebral Artery infarction with Life-threatening Edema Trial [HAMLET]): a multicentre, open, randomised trial. Lancet Neurol (2009) 3.89

'Malignant' middle cerebral artery territory infarction: clinical course and prognostic signs. Arch Neurol (1996) 3.70

Assessment and prognosis of coma after head injury. Acta Neurochir (Wien) (1976) 3.65

Sequential-design, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of early decompressive craniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarction (DECIMAL Trial). Stroke (2007) 2.62

Decompressive Surgery for the Treatment of Malignant Infarction of the Middle Cerebral Artery (DESTINY): a randomized, controlled trial. Stroke (2007) 2.56

ABC/2 for rapid clinical estimate of infarct, perfusion, and mismatch volumes. Neurology (2009) 2.38

Large infarcts in the middle cerebral artery territory. Etiology and outcome patterns. Neurology (1998) 2.25

Treatment of space-occupying cerebral infarction. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.14

Early hemicraniectomy in patients with complete middle cerebral artery infarction. Stroke (1998) 1.90

Mortality of space-occupying ('malignant') middle cerebral artery infarction under conservative intensive care. Intensive Care Med (1998) 1.49

Decompressive surgery in space-occupying hemispheric infarction: results of an open, prospective trial. Crit Care Med (1995) 1.33

Hemicraniectomy for massive middle cerebral artery territory infarction: a systematic review. Stroke (2004) 1.32

Predictors of fatal brain edema in massive hemispheric ischemic stroke. Stroke (2001) 1.15

Timing of neurologic deterioration in massive middle cerebral artery infarction: a multicenter review. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.11

The prognostic value of the components of the Glasgow Coma Scale following acute stroke. QJM (2003) 1.03

Outcome following decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction in patients older than 70 years old. J Cerebrovasc Endovasc Neurosurg (2012) 1.02

Assessment of outcome following decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction in patients older than 60 years of age. Neurosurg Focus (2009) 1.01

Early external decompressive craniectomy with duroplasty improves functional recovery in patients with massive hemispheric embolic infarction: timing and indication of decompressive surgery for malignant cerebral infarction. Surg Neurol (2004) 0.95

Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction. Curr Opin Crit Care (2012) 0.87

Is decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery territory infarction of any benefit for elderly patients? Surg Neurol (2005) 0.82

Neurological recovery after decompressive craniectomy for massive ischemic stroke. Neurocrit Care (2005) 0.82

Ischemic stroke. Radiol Clin North Am (2011) 0.81

Mass Effect with Cerebral Infarction. Curr Treat Options Neurol (1999) 0.77