Table 7

Functional outcome data in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: studies with reviews on conservative treatment versus decompressive surgery

Authors

Patients treated with conservative treatment

Patients treated with decompression

Mean age (years)

Dominant/nondominant hemisphere

+ ACA and/or PCA

Mean time to surgery (hours)

Mean time to follow-up (months)

Independent outcome

Mild to moderate disability

Severe disability

Death

Gupta et al., 2004 [123]

-

138

50

20%/80%

32%

59.3

7–21

7%

35%

34%

24%

Morley et al., 2002 [137]

Gives an overview on available data.

No trial fulfills the criteria of a randomised controlled study design to be included in a meta-analysis.

Functional outcome was classified as described in Table 2. ACA, anterior cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery.

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