Modified “in-window” technique for decompressive craniotomy for severe brain injury
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Bifrontal decompressive craniotomy for malignant brain edema.
OBJECTIVE To review the outcome of bifrontal decompressive craniotomy used for the treatment of malignant brain edema due to different etiologies. METHODS The study was carried out at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period from January 2000 to June 2005, and included all patients who had malignant brain edema due to different etiology and were treat...
متن کاملDecompressive Craniotomy after Traumatic Brain Injury: Post Operative Clinical Outcome
Background: A decompressive craniotomy can relieve critically increased intracranial pressure. Objective: to assess the postoperative clinical outcome and compare it with other series. Methods: (a) patient selection: patients presented to the Neuroemergency unit in Kasr El-Eini Hospitals from January 2006 to December 2007 with traumatic brain injury and fulfilling the following criteria 1) clin...
متن کاملIs decompressive craniectomy useless in severe traumatic brain injury?
Recently, a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) by Cooper and colleagues indicated that decompressive craniectomy (DC) may be associated with a worse functional outcome in patients with diffuse traumatic brain injury (TBI), although DC can immediately and constantly reduce intracranial pressure (ICP). As this trial is well planned and of high quality, the unexpected result is meaningf...
متن کاملOutcomes after decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury in children.
OBJECT Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often accompanied by early death due to transtentorial herniation. Decompressive craniectomy, performed alone or in conjunction with evacuation of the mass lesion, can reduce the incidence of raised intracranial pressure (ICP). In this paper the authors evaluate mortality and morbidity and long-term outcomes in children who underwent decompressive c...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arhiv za bioloske nauke
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0354-4664,1821-4339
DOI: 10.2298/abs140311037j