Decompressive craniectomy: Technical note

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Quinn, T M ^a   Taylor, J J ^a   Magarik, J A ^a   Vought, E ^a   Kindy, M S ^a,b   Ellegala, D B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral edema; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial pressure; Patient management; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BICORONAL CRANIECTOMY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS;

EID: 79952099419     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01397.x     Document Type: Review

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