Decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: Patient age and outcome

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1182-1188

  Pompucci, Angelo ^a   De Bonis, Pasquale ^a   Pettorini, Benedetta ^a   Petrella, Gianpaolo ^a   Di Chirico, Alessandro ^a   Anile, Carmelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Decompressive craniectomy; Head trauma; Intracranial pressure; Outcome

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547119914     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0244     Document Type: Article

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