Decompressive Craniectomy for Viral Encephalitis: Two Case Reports
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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: Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0103-5355,2359-5922
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1572505