Elderly patients with space occupying MCA infarction and hemicraniectomy
| Patient No | Age/sex | Territory of infarction | Aetiology | Delay stroke/ operation | Follow up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | BI | RS | Living situation | ||||||||
| 1 | 55, F | L MCA | Arterial embolus | 30 h | 8 months | 55 | 4 | Rehabilitation clinic | |||
| 2 | 56, M | R MCA/pACA | Arterial embolus | 25 h | 4 months | 60 | 4 | Rehabilitation clinic | |||
| 3 | 58, F | R MCA | Carotid dissection | 9 d | 3 months | 35 | 4 | Home for elderly | |||
| 4 | 60, F | R MCA | Arterial embolus | 130 h | 3 months | 0 | 5 | Nursing home | |||
| 5 | 60, M | R MCA | Arterial embolus | 24 h | 4 months | 0 | 5 | Nursing home | |||
| 6 | 67, M | L MCA | Atrial fibrillation | 29 h | 2-1518 months | NA | NA | NA | |||
| 7 | 67, M | R MCA/pACA | Atrial fibrillation | 14 h | 4 months | 25 | 4 | Rehabilitation clinic | |||
| 8 | 69, M | R MCA | Cryptogenic | 13 h | 8 months | 40 | 4 | Day clinic | |||
| 9 | 70, F | R MCA/pACA | Atrial fibrillation | 30 h | 2-1513 months | NA | NA | NA | |||
| 10 | 70, M | L MCA/PCA | Atrial fibrillation | 24 h | 2-15117 days | NA | NA | NA | |||
| 11 | 73, F | R MCA/pACA | Atrial fibrillation | 48 h | 2-1518 days | NA | NA | NA | |||
| 12 | 74, M | R MCA/ACA | Perioperative bypass | 100 h | 9 months | 10 | 5 | Nursing home | |||
p=Partial; MCA=middle cerebral artery; PCA=posterior cerebral artery; ACA=anterior cerebral artery; NA=not applicable; BI=Barthel index; RS=Rankin scale; NA=not applicable.
↵2-151 Patient died at x days or months.