Decompressive craniectomy for neurotrauma: The limitations of applying an outcome prediction model

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 959-964

  Honeybul, Stephen ^c   Ho, Kwok M ^a   Lind, Christopher R P ^a   Gillett, Grant R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Decompressive craniectomy; Neurotrauma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953027558     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0626-5     Document Type: Article

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