Current Perspectives in the Surgical Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue , 2018, Pages 322-328

  Giammattei, Lorenzo ^a   Messerer, Mahmoud ^a   Cherian, Iype ^b   Starnoni, Daniele ^a   Maduri, Rodolfo ^a   Kasper, Ekkehard M ^c   Daniel, Roy T ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b and Leprology   (Nepal)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisternostomy; Decompressive craniectomy; External ventricular drain; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DIVERSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CISTERNOSTOMY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRECLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85048772770     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.176     Document Type: Review

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