Rule of Surgical Decompression in Brain Infarction | ||
Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||
Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 147-150 PDF (139.41 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2022.222874 | ||
Authors | ||
Medhat M. EL-Sawy; Ahmed M. Moawad; Mohab M. Nagib; Hany A. ElSaed | ||
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, El-Minia Faculty of Medicine | ||
Abstract | ||
Introduction: ischemic stroke is an acute brain injury occurs as a result of an obstruction of a blood vessel supplying a part of the brain. Aim of the work : This study aims to evaluate the rule of surgical decompression in management of brain infarction. Patients and Methods: The study was performed at the Department of Neurosurgery of El Minia university Hospital. Results: According to our study that performed on 20 patient of massive brain infarction who underwent surgical decompression in our department the following are the results. Discussion: Massive brain infarction including malignant MCA infarction or massive cerebellar infarction have been found to result in high morbidity and mortality. Summary: 4-Any patient with massive cerebellar infarction with progressive deterioration in the conscious level despite of conservative treatment should undergo suboccipital decompressive craniectomy, excesion of the infarct tissues and duroplasty. | ||
Keywords | ||
Brain Infarction; Blood pressure; acute brain | ||
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