Aggressive internal and external decompression as a life-saving surgery in a deeply comatose patient with fixed dilated pupils after severe traumatic brain injury: A case report.

Conclusion: Aggressive internal and external decompression with combination of large size craniectomy, extensive temporal lobectomy, removal of the bulk of temporal muscle, and lax duraplasty should be considered as possible life-saving option in cases of neurosurgical emergencies with malignant cerebral swelling. PMID: 32754356 [PubMed]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research