Decompressive craniectomy following traumatic brain injury: Developing the evidence base

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 246-250

  Kolias, Angelos G ^a   Adams, Hadie ^a   Timofeev, Ivan ^a   Czosnyka, Marek ^a   Corteen, Elizabeth A ^a   Pickard, John D ^a   Turner, Carole ^a   Gregson, Barbara A ^b   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Murray, Gordon D ^c   Menon, David K ^a   Hutchinson, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute subdural haematoma; brain oedema; clinical trial; intracranial pressure; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BIOMETRY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMETRY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962766498     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2016.1159655     Document Type: Review

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