Outcomes of Decompressive Surgery for Patients With Severe Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: DECOMPRESS2 Observational Study.
Sanjith AaronJorge M FerreiraJonathan M CoutinhoPatrícia CanhãoAdriana Bastos ConfortoAntonio ArauzMarta CarvalhoJaime Masjuan VallejoVijay Kumar SharmaJukka PutaalaMaarten UyttenboogaartDavid John WerringRodrigo BazanSandeep MohindraJochen WeberBert A CoertPrabhu KirubakaranMayte Sánchez van KammenPankaj SinghDiana Aguiar de SousaJose M Ferronull nullPublished in: Stroke (2024)
Two-thirds of patients with severe CVT were alive and more than one-third were independent 1 year after decompressive surgery. Among survivors, surgery was judged as worthwhile by 4 out of 5 patients and caregivers. These results support the recommendation to perform decompressive neurosurgery in patients with CVT with impending brain herniation.
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