Craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: Results from the DECRA Trial

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chi, John H ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79955907602     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000398210.58112.7e     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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