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Journal Article
Decompressive Craniectomy in Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury
2011
Overview
Patients with severe traumatic brain injury and refractory intracranial hypertension were randomly assigned to either decompressive craniectomy or standard care. Craniectomy was associated with a significant reduction in intracranial pressure but worse outcomes.
Among patients who are hospitalized with severe traumatic brain injury, 60% either die or survive with severe disability.
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Of Australia's population of 22 million,
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approximately 1000 patients annually sustain a severe traumatic brain injury, with associated lifetime costs estimated at $1 billion.
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In the United States, the annual burden of traumatic brain injury is more than $60 billion.
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After severe traumatic brain injury, medical and surgical therapies are performed to minimize secondary brain injury.
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Increased intracranial pressure, which is typically caused by cerebral edema, is an important secondary insult.
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Although few data regarding the monitoring of . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Subject
/ Adult
/ Adult and adolescent clinical studies
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Brain Injuries - complications
/ Brain Injuries - physiopathology
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
/ Intracranial Hypertension - etiology
/ Intracranial Hypertension - surgery
/ Male
/ Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
/ Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
