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

OBJECTIVE: Large middle cerebral artery stroke (space-occupying middle-cerebral-artery (MCA) infarction (SO-MCAi)) results in a very high incidence of death and severe disability. Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) for SO-MCAi results in large reductions in mortality; the level of function in the s...

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Autores principales: Alexander, Paul, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, Siemieniuk, Reed, Bhatnagar, Neera, Chang, Yaping, Fei, Yutong, Zhang, Yuqing, McLeod, Shelley, Prasad, Kameshwar, Guyatt, Gordon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5168488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27884858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014390