How does early decompressive craniectomy influence the intracranial volume relationship in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients?

CONCLUSIONS: DC has limited effectiveness in patients aged over 70 years. In every patient with clamped basal cisterns, a skin incision enabling appropriate LDOC should be planned before surgery. DC should be as large as possible, and the limits of its dimensions should be the limits of anatomical safety. PMID: 30742301 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Neurol Neurochir Pol Source Type: research