Decompressive craniectomy (DC) has been used for many years in the management of
patients with elevated intracranial pressure and cerebral edema. Ongoing clinical trials are …

BACKGROUND Moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) management involves
minimizing cerebral edema to maintain brain oxygen delivery. While medical therapy (MT) …

Enabling collaborative telepresence in healthcare, especially surgical procedures, presents
a critical challenge. The decompressive craniotomy procedure stands out as particularly …

Context: Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DC) is the final surgical remedy for refractory
raised intracranial pressure (ICP). Even with years of experience and profound refination of …

Objective The beneficial effect of decompressive craniectomy in the treatment of severe
traumatic brain injury (TBI) is controversial, but there is no debate that decompression …

Background: Decompressive craniectomy is an important method for managing traumatic
brain injury (TBI). At present, controversies about this procedure exist, especially about the …

Introduction: Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is a disease that generates significant
mortality and disability in Latin America, and specifically in Colombia. The purpose of this …

Objectives: To evaluate in a general way the usefulness of early decompressive craniectomy
in pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury, the time elapsed from the moment of …

Purpose Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common causes of death among
trauma patients. Earlier prediction of possible poor neurological outcomes, even upon …

Background Recently, a concept of an “expansive cranioplasty” was forwarded as a feasible
single-step alternative to performing a decompressive hemicraniectomy followed by …