Post-operative expansion of hemorrhagic contusions after unilateral decompressive hemicraniectomy in severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 503-512

  Flint, Alexander C ^a,b   Manley, Geoffrey T ^a,b   Gean, Alisa D ^a,b   Hemphill III, J Claude ^a,b   Rosenthal, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult brain injury; Clinical outcomes; Clinical trial; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Hemorrhagic contusions; Hypothermia; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43649086527     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0442     Document Type: Article

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