Surgical decompression for traumatic brain swelling: Indications and results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-196

  Guerra, Waltraud Kleist Welch ^a   Gaab, Michael R ^b   Dietz, Hermann ^b   Mueller, Jan Uwe ^b   Piek, Jürgen ^b   Fritsch, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

B waves; Brain edema; Brain trauma; Decompression surgery; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032906037     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0187     Document Type: Article

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