Is life worth living? Decompressive craniectomy and the disability paradox

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 775-778

  Honeybul, Stephen ^a,b   Gillett, Grant R ^c   Ho, Kwok M ^a   Janzen, Courtney ^d   Kruger, Kate ^d  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL WELL-BEING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; DISABLED PERSON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84987623956     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2016.3.JNS1683     Document Type: Review

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