Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: Consensus statement

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1261-1274

  Hutchinson, Peter J ^a   Kolias, Angelos G ^a   Tajsic, Tamara ^a   Adeleye, Amos ^b,c   Aklilu, Abenezer Tirsit ^d,e   Apriawan, Tedy ^f   Bajamal, Abdul Hafid ^f   Barthélemy, Ernest J ^g   Devi, B Indira ^h   Bhat, Dhananjaya ^h   Bulters, Diederik ⁱ   Chesnut, Randall ^j   Citerio, Giuseppe ^k,l   Cooper, D Jamie ^m,n   Czosnyka, Marek ^a   Edem, Idara ^o   El Ghandour, Nasser M F ^p   Figaji, Anthony ^q   Fountas, Kostas N ^r   Gallagher, Clare ^s   Hawryluk, Gregory W J ^t   Iaccarino, Corrado ^u   Joseph, Mathew ^v   Khan, Tariq ^w   Laeke, Tsegazeab ^d,e   Levchenko, Oleg ^x   Liu, Baiyun ^y   Liu, Weiming ^y   Maas, Andrew ^z   Manley, Geoffrey T ^aa   Manson, Paul ^ab   Mazzeo, Anna T ^ac   Menon, David K ^a   Michael, Daniel B ^ad   Muehlschlegel, Susanne ^ae   Okonkwo, David O ^af   Park, Kee B ^g   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^m,n   Rosseau, Gail ^ag   Rubiano, Andres M ^ah,ai   Shabani, Hamisi K ^aj   Stocchetti, Nino ^ak,al   Timmons, Shelly D ^am   Timofeev, Ivan ^a   Uff, Chris ^an,ao   Ullman, Jamie S ^ap   Valadka, Alex ^aq   Waran, Vicknes ^ar   Wells, Adam ^as   Wilson, Mark H ^at   Servadei, Franco ^au   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^l SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^p CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^v CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^w Christian Medical College ^*  (Pakistan)

^x A I EVDOKIMOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^y CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^z ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^ad OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ag GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^ai Meditech Foundation   (Colombia)

^aj Department of Neurosurgery   (Tanzania)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^al FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^am PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^an ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ao QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ap DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^aq VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^as UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^at IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^au HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Decompression; Neurosurgery; Neurotrauma

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEUROSURGEON; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CONSENSUS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 85067382108     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-019-03936-y     Document Type: Review

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