Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension

J. Hutchinson, Peter; G. Kolias, Angelos; Timofeev, Ivan; A. Corteen, Elizabeth; Czosnyka, Marek; Timothy, Jake; Anderson, Ian; Bulters, Diederik; Belli, Antonio; Andrew Eynon, C.; Wadley, John; David Mendelow, A.; M. Mitchell, Patrick; H. Wilson, Mark; Critchley, Giles; Sahuquillo, Juan; Unterberg, Andreas; Servadei, Franco; M. Teasdale, Graham; D. Pickard, John; Menon, David; Murray, Gordon; J. Kirkpatrick, Peter

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1605215

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Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 7, 2016

Authors:

Peter J. Hutchinson

Angelos G. Kolias

Ivan Timofeev

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The effect of decompressive craniectomy on clinical outcomes in patients with refractory traumatic intracranial hypertension remains unclear. METHODS: From 2004 through 2014, we randomly assigned 408 patients, 10 to 65 years of age, with traumatic brain injury and refractory elevated int...

Subject

Decompressive craniectomy

Traumatic brain injury

Medicine

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