Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review Article

The importance of treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) is well known worldwide. Although many studies have been conducted in this topic, there is still much uncertainty about the effectiveness of surgical treatment in TBI. Recently, good randomized controlled trial (RCT) papers about the effectiven...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Moon, Ji Won, Hyun, Dong Keun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurotraumatology Society 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28512611
http://dx.doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2017.13.1.1
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Sumario:The importance of treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) is well known worldwide. Although many studies have been conducted in this topic, there is still much uncertainty about the effectiveness of surgical treatment in TBI. Recently, good randomized controlled trial (RCT) papers about the effectiveness of decompressive craniectomy (DC) in TBI has been published. In this article, we will review the overall contents of the DC (historical base, surgical technic, rationale, complications) and the results of the recently published RCT paper.

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