title: Ethical considerations for craniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: should we still deny our patient a life-saving procedure?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debiais
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaudron-Assor
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sevin-Allouet
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.|University of Tours, Tours, France.|INSERM U930, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Toffol
authors.affiliation: University of Tours, Tours, France.|INSERM U930, Tours, France.|IHPST, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Mael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemoine
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bonnaud
mesh_terms: D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life