Decompressive craniectomy in children: Single-center series and systematic review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 881-888

  Güresir, Erdem ^a   Schuss, Patrick ^a   Seifert, Volker ^a   Vatter, Hartmut ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain swelling; Decompressive craniectomy; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858748678     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318237a6a6     Document Type: Article

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