Decompressive Craniectomy for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 411-420

  Barthélemy, Ernest Joseph ^a   Melis, Marta ^a,b   Gordon, Errol ^a   Ullman, Jamie S ^c   Germano, Isabelle M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; DECRA; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Increased intracranial pressure; Key words Brain trauma; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURAL FLAP; EMBASE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SELECTION BIAS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FLAP; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959285933     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.12.044     Document Type: Article

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