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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
Decompressive craniotomy in hemispheric infarction has been reported to reduce mortality and improve outcome. Identifying tissue at risk and monitoring the benefit of craniotomy is hardly practical and has not been reported thus far. Perfusion CT was applied before and immediately after decompressive craniotomy in a patient with space-occupying middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction. Before surgery, perfusion CT revealed malperfused but still vital tissue in the vicinity of the infarction core which returned to normal after decompressive surgery. The final infarct size did not exceed the area of the initial hypodensity on unenhanced CT scan. In critically ill patients, the practicability of perfusion CT allows for demonstration of tissue at risk around the infarct core in space-occupying MCA infarction. Moreover, it may be used to monitor the effect of decompressive craniotomy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0938-7994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1895-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Hemodynamic effects of decompressive craniotomy in MCA infarction: evaluation with perfusion CT.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroradiolgoy, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 11, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. bendszus@neuroradiologie.uni-wuerzburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports