Intracranial hypertension is the largest cause of death in young patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Decompressive craniectomy is part of the second level measures for …
KD Martin, B Franz, M Kirsch, W Polanski… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Objective Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a last treatment option of refractory intracranial hypertension in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Replacement of the …
Background The goal of treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is to avoid secondary brain injury. Decompressive craniectomy has been shown to reduce intracranial pressure (ICP) …
JJ DuBose, G Barmparas, K Inaba… - Journal of Trauma …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: Severe traumatic brain injuries occurring in the context of modern military conflict are entities about which little has been reported. We reviewed the epidemiology of …
Z Kubilay, S Amini, LL Fauerbach, L Archibald… - Journal of …, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Ventricular infection after ventriculostomy placement carries a high mortality rate. Responding to ventriculostomy infection rates, a multidisciplinary performance improvement …
CW Lu, M Czosnyka, JS Shieh, A Smielewska… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
This study applied multiscale entropy analysis to investigate the correlation between the complexity of intracranial pressure waveform and outcome after traumatic brain injury …
I Cherian, G Yi, S Munakomi - Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Backround: Practical scenario in trauma neurosurgery comes with multiple challenges and limitations. It accounts for the maximum mortality in neurosurgery and yet the developing …
L Giammattei, D Starnoni, R Maduri, A Bernini… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the value of an adjuvant cisternostomy (AC) to decompressive craniectomy (DC) for the management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) …
F Tagliaferri, G Zani, C Iaccarino, S Ferro, L Ridolfi… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Background The aim of this article was to review the clinical practice of “bone flap decompression” in Regional Neurosurgical Units with no particular protocol in use. Methods …