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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Quality of life after surgical decompression for a space-occupying middle cerebral artery infarct: A cohort study

 

Participating patients (n = 25)

Patients not participating (n = 9)

Patients deceased (n = 11)

Demographics

   

 Men

19/25 (76 %)

4/9 (44 %)

7/11 (64 %)

 Age at stroke

48 (29–66)

47 (34–60)

48 (29–67)

 Age ≤60 years at stroke

23/25 (92 %)

9/9 (100 %)

9/11 (82 %)

Neurological examination

   

 NIHSS score

20 (9–29)

22 (15–26)

22 (18–32)

 Glasgow coma score

10 (6–15)

9 (3–13)

6 (5–15)

Territory of the infarct

   

 MCA only

17/25 (68 %)

6/9 (67 %)

9/11 (82 %)

 Dominant hemisphere

7/25 (28 %)

2/9 (22 %)

5/11 (46 %)

  1. Data are presented as number (%) or median (range)
  2. Neurological examination was executed before surgical decompression
  3. NIHSS indicates National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; MCA, middle cerebral artery