Decompressive craniectomy for severe head injury

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 451-453

  Ahmad, Faiz U ^a   Bullock, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Early cranioplasty; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTUSION; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; POSTURAL HEADACHE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS CONGESTION;

EID: 79956212868     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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