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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Published inKorean journal of neurotrauma Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Moon, Ji Won, Hyun, Dong Keun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) Korean Neurotraumatology Society 01.04.2017
대한신경손상학회
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Review
신경외과학
Decompressive craniectomy
Traumatic brain injury
Neurosurgery
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Summary: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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https://doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2017.13.1.1
G704-SER000004615.2017.13.1.007
ISSN:2234-8999
2288-2243
DOI:10.13004/kjnt.2017.13.1.1