Revisiting Hemicraniectomy: Late Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke and the Role of Infarct Growth Rate

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of factors impacting time to surgery, adjusted for Age, gender, HTN, DM, and dyslipidemia.

Factors	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI for adjusted odds ratio	value
Infarct growth rate 2 > 7.5 ml/hr	4.1	1.85–9.1	0.001
MCA with additional infarct	3.5	1.5–8.1	0.004
Temporal lobe involved	3.1	1.3–7.6	0.012

CI: confidence interval. value has been calculated using binary multiple logistic regression Wald test. ml/hr, milliliter/hour. Dependent variable was time to surgery <48 or >48 hours.