Surgical Decompression for Malignant Cerebral Edema After Ischemic Stroke: Cochrane Review

Stroke. 2023 Dec;54(12):e500-e502. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.042260. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

Authors

Ashraf Dower^{1

2}, Michael Mulcahy^{2

3}, Monish Maharaj⁴, Hui Chen⁵, Chi Eung Danforn Lim⁵, Yingda Li¹, Mark Sheridan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia (A.D., M.S.).
² Department of Neurosurgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia (A.D., M. Mulcahy).
³ Department of Neurosurgery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia (M. Mulcahy).
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand (M. Maharaj).
⁵ School of Life Sciences (H.C.), University of Technology Sydney, Earlwood, Australia.

PMID: 38011238
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.042260

No abstract available

Keywords: decompression; decompressive craniectomy; ischemic stroke; malignant edema; meta-analysis.

MeSH terms

Brain Edema* / etiology
Brain Edema* / surgery
Cerebral Infarction / surgery
Decompression, Surgical
Decompressive Craniectomy*
Humans
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / surgery
Ischemic Stroke* / surgery
Stroke* / complications
Stroke* / surgery
Treatment Outcome