Complications Associated with Decompressive Craniectomy: A Systematic Review
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Decompressive Craniectomy.
Decompressive Craniectomy (DC) is used to treat elevated intracranial pressure that is unresponsive to conventional treatment modalities. The underlying cause of intracranial hypertension may vary and consequently there is a broad range of literature on the uses of this procedure. Traumatic brain injury (TBI), middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction, and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurocritical Care
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1541-6933,1556-0961
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-015-0144-7