Damage control of civilian penetrating brain injuries in environments of low neuro-monitoring resources

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 235-239

  Charry, José D ^a   Rubiano, Andrés M ^a,b   Puyana, Juan C ^c   Carney, Nancy ^d   David Adelson, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SURCOLOMBIANA   (Colombia)

^b MEDITECH Foundation   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial decompression; damage control; gunshot injuries; neurotrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; COLOMBIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EARLY CRANIAL DECOMPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945205933     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1096905     Document Type: Article

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