Decompressive craniectomy for acute subdural hematomas: Time for a randomized trial

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 187-188

  Kolias, Angelos G ^a   Li, Lucia M ^a   Guilfoyle, Mathew R ^a   Timofeev, Ivan ^a   Corteen, Elizabeth A ^a   Pickard, John D ^a   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Menon, David K ^b   Hutchinson, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84872047898     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1531-x     Document Type: Letter

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