Decompressive craniectomy: Review of indication, outcome, and implication

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Toussaint, Charles Philip ^a   Origitano, T C ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOTOMY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 39449136911     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e3181642924     Document Type: Review

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