Hemicraniectomy versus medical treatment with large MCA infarct: a review and meta-analysis

Paul Alexander; Diane Heels-Ansdell; Reed Siemieniuk; Neera Bhatnagar; Yaping Chang; Yutong Fei; Yuqing Zhang; Shelley McLeod; Kameshwar Prasad; Gordon Guyatt

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014390

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Hemicraniectomy versus medical treatment with large MCA infarct: a review and meta-analysis

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Paul Alexander Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Research Methods, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Diane Heels-Ansdell Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Reed Siemieniuk Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Neera Bhatnagar Medical Librarian, Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yaping Chang Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yutong Fei Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yuqing Zhang Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shelley McLeod Department of Family and Community Medicine, Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kameshwar Prasad Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gordon Guyatt Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Paul Alexander; elias98_99{at}yahoo.com

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Alexander P, Heels-Ansdell D, Siemieniuk R, et al

Hemicraniectomy versus medical treatment with large MCA infarct: a review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open 2016;6:e014390. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014390

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Received September 21, 2016
Accepted September 30, 2016
First published November 24, 2016.

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November 24, 2016

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