Does decompressive craniectomy improve outcomes in patients with diffuse traumatic brain injury?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 437-438

  Cooper, D James ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79955764484     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03053.x     Document Type: Editorial

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