A new improved method for assessing brain deformation after decompressive craniectomy

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 10; p. e110408
• Main Authors: Fletcher, Tim L, Kolias, Angelos G, Hutchinson, Peter J, Sutcliffe, Michael P F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.10.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Brain; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - pathology; Brain injuries; Brain Injuries - complications; Brain Injuries - surgery; Brain research; Computed tomography; Correlation; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Decompressive Craniectomy - adverse effects; Deformation; Diagnosis; Displacement; Engineering and Technology; Head injuries; Humans; Hypertensive Encephalopathy - diagnosis; Hypertensive Encephalopathy - etiology; Injury prevention; Intervention; Intracranial pressure; Medical imaging; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Neurosciences; Neurosurgery; Organ Size; Patients; Postoperative Period; Scholarships & fellowships; Skull; Statistics; Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Traumatic brain injury; United Kingdom > UK

Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical intervention used following traumatic brain injury to prevent or alleviate raised intracranial pressure. However the clinical effectiveness of the intervention remains in doubt. The location of the craniectomy (unilateral or bifrontal) might be expected t...