Decompressive craniectomy and early cranioplasty in a 15-year-old boy with N. meningitidis meningitis

BACKGROUND: Intracranial hypertension is a well-known life-threatening complication of bacterial meningitis. Investigations on decompressive craniectomy after failure of conservative management are scarce, but this surgical treatment should be considered and performed expeditiously, as it lowers the...

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Autores principales: Hoehne, Julius, Friedrich, Monika, Brawanski, Alexander, Melter, Michael, Schebesch, Karl-Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.154776

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.154776

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