Decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury: Outcome following protocol-driven therapy

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 96, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Timofeev, I ^a   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a   Corteen, E ^a   Hiler, M ^a   Czosnyka, M ^a   Menon, D K ^a,b   Pickard, J D ^a,b   Hutchinson, P J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain edema; decompressive craniectomy; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Head injury; ICP; intracranial hypertension; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052610429     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-30714-1_3     Document Type: Article

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