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.

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10 hemicraniectomies = 5 ‘escape death’ = 1 Mild disability, 1 Moderate disability, 3 Moderate-severe disability
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Malignant Infarction – survival chart
Surgical treatment
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Page last reviewed: 03 Mar 2021