Figure 1.

Representative pre-operative and post-operative images from the same stroke patient. (A): Axial computed tomography (CT) scan at one day post stroke demonstrating left sided middle cerebral artery infarct with loss of grey-white matter differentiation in a large territory. The white dotted line points out the approximate infarct border. (B): Post-operative CT scout image demonstrating the large craniotomy defect (dotted line). (C): Post-operative axial CT scan demonstrating completed infarct, bony decompression, and the region of partial stroke resection in the temporal lobe (arrow).