Decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury: clinical study, literature review and meta-analysis

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Grindlinger, Gene A ^a,b   Skavdahl, David H ^a,b   Ecker, Robert D ^a,b   Sanborn, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral Edema; Decompressive craniectomy; DECRAN; Severe TBI; TBI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988360253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3251-9     Document Type: Article

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