Complications of decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Stiver, Shirley I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Cranioplasty; Intracranial hypertension; Surgical decompression; Traumatic brain injury; Trephine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL SURGERY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING;

EID: 68949117789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.FOCUS0965     Document Type: Review

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