Decompressive craniectomy or not: Intraoperative experience in 41 patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-161

  Yang, Chao Hua ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Wu, Cong ^a   Ma, Jun Peng ^a   You, Chao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SKULL; SURGERY;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SKULL;

EID: 84979850413     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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