The current role of decompressive craniectomy in the management of neurological emergencies

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 979-991

  Honeybul, S ^a   Ho, K M ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Neurological emergencies; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEMYELINATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENCEPHALITIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MENINGITIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880241952     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.794974     Document Type: Review

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