Hemicraniectomy versus medical treatment with large MCA infarct: a review and meta-analysis.

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Published in BMJ Open on November 24, 2016

Authors

Paul Alexander1, Diane Heels-Ansdell2, Reed Siemieniuk2,3, Neera Bhatnagar4, Yaping Chang2, Yutong Fei2,5, Yuqing Zhang2, Shelley McLeod6, Kameshwar Prasad7, Gordon Guyatt2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Research Methods, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
2: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
3: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
4: Medical Librarian, Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
5: Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
6: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7: Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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Subgaleal Drains in Decompressive Craniectomies (VADER) | NCT03777774

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