title: Is there a role for decompressive craniectomy in children after stroke?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. Electronic address: ggrant2@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Gerald A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cerebral edema; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Intracranial pressure management; Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction; Pediatric stroke