Prospective randomized evaluation of therapeutic decompressive craniectomy in severe traumatic brain injury with mass lesions (PRECIS): study protocol for a controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhao, He xiang ^a   Liao, Yi ^a   Xu, Ding ^a   Wang, Qiang ping ^a   Gan, Qi ^a   You, Chao ^a   Yang, Chao hua ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Early surgery; Intracranial pressure; Subdural mass lesions; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL HERNIATION; DATA SAFETY MONITORING BOARD; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENDED GLASGOW OUTCOME SCORE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959117920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0524-9     Document Type: Article

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