Hemispheric strokes: clinical or surgical management? Intracranial pressure monitoring of a case and review of the literature Acidentes cerebrovasculares hemisféricos: conduta clínica ou cirúrgica? Monitorização da pressão intracraniana em um caso e revisão da literatura

The authors report a case of a right hemispheric ischemic infarction on a 77-year-old patient that was monitored with an extradural intracranial pressure monitor (Ladd device).We show the huge intracranial hypertension that the brain was submitted despite of the medical treatment. The treatment of h...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Adolpho Carvalho, Adolpho Carvalho Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1995-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1995000500020