Decompressive Craniectomy in Severe Brain Injury

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 171-177

  Messing Junger A M ^a   Marzog, J ^a   Wobker G ^a   Sabel, M ^a   Bock, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Children; Decompressive craniectomy; Raised intracranial pressure; Severe brain injury trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344306586     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44616     Document Type: Article

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