Do traumatic brain contusions increase in size after decompressive craniectomy?

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2723-2726

  Sturiale, Carmelo Lucio ^a   De Bonis, Pasquale ^a   Rigante, Luigi ^a   Calandrelli, Rosalinda ^a   D'Arrigo, Sonia ^a   Pompucci, Angelo ^a   Mangiola, Annunziato ^a   D'Apolito, Gabriella ^a   Colosimo, Cesare ^a   Anile, Carmelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

brain contusions; decompressive craniectomy; hemorrhagic contusion; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CONTUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870899832     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2556     Document Type: Article

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