Decompressive craniectomy for encephalitis with brain herniation: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1717-1724

  Pérez Bovet, Jordi ^a   Garcia Armengol, Roser ^a   Buxó Pujolràs, Maria ^b,c,d,e,f   Lorite Díaz, Nadia ^a   Narváez Martínez, Yislenz ^a   Caro Cardera, José Luis ^a   Rimbau Munoz, Jordi ^a   Joly Torta, M Carme ^a   Castellví Joan, Marina ^a   Martín Ferrer, Secundino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b Bioestadística UCICEC   (Spain)

^c CAIBER   (Spain)

^d GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^e Knowledge Network (GREDS EMCONET)   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain herniation; Decompressive craniectomy; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENCEPHALITIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865828868     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1323-3     Document Type: Review

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