Long term outcomes following decompressive craniectomy for severe head injury

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 102, 2008, Pages 29-31

  Meier, U ^a   Ahmadi, S ^a   Killeen, T ^a   Al Zain, F T ^a   Lemcke, J ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Outcomes; Predictive factors; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PUPIL REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66649133199     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-85578-2_6     Document Type: Article

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