Surgical results of decompressive craniectomy in very young children: A level one trauma centre experience from India

Brain Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 13-14, 2015, Pages 1717-1724

  Prasad, G Lakshmi ^a   Gupta, Deepak Kumar ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sharma, Bhawani Shankar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; intracranial hypertension; intracranial pressure monitoring; paediatric; traumatic; young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGE; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84951907451     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2015.1075146     Document Type: Article

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