Outcome of children with severe traumatic brain injury who are treated with decompressive craniectomy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 508-514

  Mhanna, Maroun J ^a   El Mallah, Wael ^a   Verrees, Margaret ^a   Shah, Rajiv ^a   Super, Dennis M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Outcome; Pediatric; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84971265403     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.PEDS14117     Document Type: Article

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