Decompressive craniectomy (DC) at the non-injured side of the brain has the potential to improve patient outcome as measured with computational simulation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1961-1967

  von Holst, Hans ^a,b   Li, Xiaogai ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axonal stretching; Decompressive craniectomy; Finite element modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936066681     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-2195-5     Document Type: Article

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