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Decompressive craniectomy is a life-saving procedure in malignant MCA infarction

Lina Alhumaid, Abdallh Almaneea, Athal Al-Khalaf, Abdullah AlRuwaita, Ahmad AlOraidi, Aamir Omair and Ismail A. Khatri
Neurosciences Journal July 2021, 26 (3) 248-253; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.3.20200187
Lina Alhumaid
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdallh Almaneea
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Athal Al-Khalaf
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah AlRuwaita
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad AlOraidi
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Aamir Omair
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ismail A. Khatri
From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 26 no. 3 248-253
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.3.20200187
PubMed 
34230079

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Online ISSN 
1658-3183
History 
  • Received December 23, 2020
  • Accepted February 17, 2021
  • Published online July 5, 2021.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Lina Alhumaid, Med Stu,
  2. Abdallh Almaneea, Med Stu,
  3. Athal Al-Khalaf, MD, PhD,
  4. Abdullah AlRuwaita, MBBS, SBN,
  5. Ahmad AlOraidi, FRCSC,
  6. Aamir Omair, MBBS, MPH and
  7. Ismail A. Khatri, MD, FAAN⇑
  1. From the College of Medicine (Alhumaid, Almaneea, AlOraidi, Khatri), Research Unit (Omair), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Division of Neurology (Al-Khalaf, Khatri) Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from the Department of Neurology (AlRuwaita), King Saud Medical City, from the Division of Neurosurgery (AlOraidi), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AlOraidi, Khatri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ismail A. Khatri, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: ismailkhatri{at}yahoo.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0218-1840
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Neurosciences Journal Jul 2021, 26 (3) 248-253; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.3.20200187

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Lina Alhumaid, Abdallh Almaneea, Athal Al-Khalaf, Abdullah AlRuwaita, Ahmad AlOraidi, Aamir Omair, Ismail A. Khatri
Neurosciences Journal Jul 2021, 26 (3) 248-253; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.3.20200187
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