title: Surgical decompression for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: a challenge to conventional thinking.
authors.affiliation: The National Stroke Research Institute, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Level 1, Neuroscience Bldg, Banksia Street, Heidelberg VIC 3084. gdonnan@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Donnan
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection