Controlled decompression for the treatment of severe head injury: A preliminary study

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-220

  Wang, Yuhai ^a   Wang, Chunli ^a   Yang, Likun ^a   Cai, Sang ^a   Cai, Xuejian ^a   Dong, Jirong ^a   Zhang, Jiandong ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a 101 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army Department of Neurosurgery   (China)

Author keywords

Brain swelling; Decompressive craniectomy; Head injury; Severe; Traumatic intracranial hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPLICATION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897009669     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.8135-13.1     Document Type: Article

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