Damage control (DC) initially referred to abbreviated (< 1 h) surgical procedures to control
abdominal hemorrhage in severe trauma patients, to avoid the 'bloody vicious circle'of …

Objectives: Although patients suffering from severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) and severe
trauma patients (STP) have been extensively studied separately, there is scarce evidence …

Introduction To date, there is no evidence concerning the emergency surgical management
of severe trauma patients (STP) with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI) presenting a life …

TO THE EDITOR: Dr. Alterman voiced in the Broca's Area forum in this journal1 (Alterman
RL. Cellular transplantation for Parkinson's disease: a strategy whose tim e has passed. J …

Ideal bone landmarks for optimization of the bone flap in supratentorial unilateral
decompressive craniectomy Ideal bone landmarks for optimization of the bone flap in …

The origins of military neurosurgery are closely linked to those of neurosurgery in France
and more particularly in Paris. The history of the field starts with its origins by 2 men, Thierry …

CONCLUSION Further MRI studies focused on the CSF flow in the basal cisterns of patients
before and after cranioplasty would be helpful, especially in patients suffering from SSFS. It …

The benefits of decompressive craniectomy (DC) have been demonstrated in malignant
ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injuries with refractory intracranial hypertension (ICH) by …

Conclusion DC remains a life-saving damage control neurosurgical procedure aiming to
alleviate intracranial hypertension in a setting of sTBI or MIS. In our opinion, DC is sufficient …

I read with interest the article by Vychopen and colleagues which compared the rate of
parenchymal shear-related bleeding and secondary hydrocephalus (SH) between patients …