title: Hemicraniectomy for acute stroke in patients older than age 60: neurosurgeons on the frontlines of multidisciplinary stroke therapy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Youssef J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hamade
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Samer G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Zammar
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Najib E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: El Tecle
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Tarek Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: El Ahmadieh
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Byron K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Yip
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Bernard R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bendok
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male