The importance of major extracranial injuries and decompressive craniectomy for the management of severe head injuries

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Meier, Ullrich ^a   König, Alexander ^a   Gräwe, Alexander ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial pressure; Major extracranial injuries; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0038245201     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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