Surgical management of traumatic brain injury: A comparative-effectiveness study of 2 centers: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 434-446

  Hartings, Jed A ^a   Vidgeon, Steven ^b   Strong, Anthony J ^b   Zacko, Chris ^c   Vagal, Achala ^a   Andaluz, Norberto ^a   Ridder, Thomas ^d   Stanger, Richard ^d   Fabricius, Martin ^e   Mathern, Bruce ^d   Pahl, Clemens ^b   Tolias, Christos M ^b   Bullock, M Ross ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute subdural hematoma; Brain contusion; Cortical spreading depression; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial hypertension; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893316025     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.JNS13581     Document Type: Article

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