Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)


Maisie’s outcome

Following surgery Maisie is recovering in HDU and her condition has improved significantly. Her GCS has returned to 14 (E4 V4 M6) and it is hoped she will return to the acute stroke unit in the next couple of days for rehabilitation.

A disability chart

A graph showing malignant infarction survival rates
Pooled analysis of DESTINY, DECIMAL, HAMLET

Top image:

10 hemicraniectomies = 5 ‘escape death’ = 1 Mild disability, 1 Moderate disability, 3 Moderate-severe disability

Lower image:

Malignant Infarction – survival chart

Page last reviewed: 03 Mar 2021