Decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: When is it too late? [1]

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1014-1015

  Dickerman, Rob D ^a,b,c   Morgan, Jonathan T ^d   Mittler, Mark A ^d,e  

^a North Texas Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

^b University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTUBATION; LACERATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31444453711     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1257-7     Document Type: Letter

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