From: Clinical review: Therapy for refractory intracranial hypertension in ischaemic stroke
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 |
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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. |