Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Sep 2023)

Outcomes of decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery stroke in an academic hospital in Brazil

  • Luiz Fernando Rodrigues de Oliveira,
  • Millene Rodrigues Camilo,
  • Luisa Franciscatto,
  • Guilherme Gozzoli Podolsky-Gondim,
  • Frederico Fernandes Alessio Alves,
  • Rui Kleber do Vale Martins Filho,
  • Francisco Antunes Dias,
  • Koji Tanaka,
  • Benedicto Oscar Colli,
  • Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1772602
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 81, no. 09
pp. 778 – 784

Abstract

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Background Ischemic stroke is an important cause of death in the world. The malignant middle cerebral artery infarction (MMCAI) has mortality as high as 80% when clinically treated. In this setting, decompressive craniectomy is a life-saving measure, in spite of high morbidity among survivors.

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