LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Decompressive craniotomy for the treatment of malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery: mortality and outcome

Bongiorni, Gianise Toboliski; Hockmuller, Marjeane Cristina Jaques; Klein, Cristini; Antunes, Ápio Cláudio Martins.

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (7), 2017

ABSTRACT Objective To assess, by Rankin scale, the functional disability of patients who had a malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) ischemic stroke, who underwent decompressive craniotomy (DC) within the first 30 days. Methods A cross-sectional study in a University hospital. Between June 2007 and ...

Estudios Transversales, Craniectomía Descompresiva/métodos, Craniectomía Descompresiva/mortalidad, Infarto de la Arteria Cerebral Media/mortalidad, Infarto de la Arteria Cerebral Media/cirugía, Tiempo de Internación, Calidad de Vida, Estudios Retrospectivos

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Decompressive Craniectomy (DC) - Comparative Study of 30-Day Mortality in Surgeries of Severe Brain Trauma with Subdural Hematoma, with and without DC

Objective Compare 30 days mortality of patients harboring acute subdural hematomas in two series, one treated only by wide aspiration of hematoma and other with aspiration followed by decompressive craniectomy. Methods Comparing retrospectively two series of ASD with and without DC. Involved 81 TBI patie...