Outcome after surgical decompression of severe traumatic brain injury

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1125-1132

  Timofeev, I ^a   Hutchinson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain oedema; Decompressive craniectomy; Head injury; Intensive care; Intracranial pressure; Neurological outcome; Neuromonitoring; Neurosurgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SKULL SURGERY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751116859     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.031     Document Type: Article

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