Hemicraniectomy for Massive Middle Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction
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- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 35 (2) , 539-543
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000109772.64650.18
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Hemicraniectomy and durotomy have been proposed in many small series to relieve intracranial hypertension and tissue shifts in patients with large hemispheric infarcts, thereby preventing death from herniation. Our objective was to review the literature to identify patients most likely to benefit from hemicraniectomy.Keywords
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