Efficacy of decompressive craniectomy in the management of intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 425-440

  Yue, John K ^a   Rick, Jonathan W ^a   Deng, Hansen ^a   Feldman, Michael J ^b   Winkler, Ethan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries, traumatic; Decompressive craniectomy; Infarction, middle cerebral artery; Intracranial pressure; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ALGORITHM; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CYTOTOXICITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANKIN SCALE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENTRICULOSTOMY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85068394240     PISSN: 03905616     EISSN: 18271855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23736/S0390-5616.17.04133-9     Document Type: Review

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