Case Report of Posttraumatic Middle Cerebral Artery Territory Infarct

Case Report of Posttraumatic Middle Cerebral Artery Territory Infarct

Abstract A 27-year-old man had severe diffuse brain injury. The patient developed malignant right MCA territory infarction on second day. Emergency decompressive craniectomy was done. He was ventilated. He developed subdural hygroma on the opposite side that was drained. He improved slowly. He had h...

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Main Author:	Ajaya Kumar Ayyappan Unnithan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-03-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:	diffuse brain injury posttraumatic cerebral infarction middle cerebral artery territory infarction decompressive craniectomy subdural hygroma burr hole hydrocephalus vp shunt syndrome of trephined cranioplasty
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584594
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