High Risk of Seizures and Epilepsy after Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke

Background: Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) is a life-saving procedure for treatment of large malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) strokes. Post-stroke epilepsy is an additional burden for these patients, but its incidence and the risk factors for its development have been poorly investigated....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra 2017, Vol.7 (1), p.51-61
Hauptverfasser:	Brondani, Rosane, Garcia de Almeida, Andrea, Abrahim Cherubini, Pedro, Mandelli Mota, Suelen, de Alencastro, Luiz Carlos, Antunes, Apio Cláudio Martins, Bianchin Muxfeldt, Marino
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anticonvulsants Brain Brazil - epidemiology Care and treatment Decompressive Craniectomy - adverse effects Decompressive Craniectomy - mortality Development and progression Disability Evaluation Disease-Free Survival Epilepsy Epilepsy - diagnosis Epilepsy - epidemiology Epilepsy - mortality Etiology (Medicine) Female Hospital Mortality Humans Incidence Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - diagnosis Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - mortality Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - surgery Ischemia Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Medical research Middle Aged Original Paper Post-stroke epilepsy Prophylaxis Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Risk Factors Risk factors for epilepsy Risk factors for seizures Seizure prophylaxis Seizures (Medicine) Seizures - diagnosis Seizures - epidemiology Seizures - mortality Stroke Time Factors Treatment Outcome
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