Craniectomy for Malignant Cerebral Infarction: Prevalence and Outcomes in US Hospitals

• Brian P. Walcott ,

  * E-mail: walcott.brian@mgh.harvard.edu

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Elena V. Kuklina,

  Affiliation Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Brian V. Nahed,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Mary G. George,

  Affiliation Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kristopher T. Kahle,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• J. Marc Simard,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wael F. Asaad,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

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• Jean-Valery C. E. Coumans

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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