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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 SARS-CoV2 infection can lead to a prothrombotic state. Large vessel occlusion, as well as malignant cerebral stroke have been described in COVID-19 patients. In the following months, given the increase in COVID-19 cases, an increase in malignant cerebral
Miguel Sáez-Alegre +9 more
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Primary Decompressive Craniectomy After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Literature Review
Cureus, 2022 Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) still put a high burden on public health worldwide. Medical and surgical treatment strategies are continuously being studied, but the role and indications of primary decompressive craniectomy (DC) remain controversial.
Julien N Jost
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Comparison of Outcomes in Level I vs Level II Trauma Centers in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy or Craniectomy for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) carries a devastatingly high rate of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether patients undergoing craniotomy/craniectomy for severe TBI fare better at level I than level II trauma centers in a mature ...
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The altered posterior question-mark incision for decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) was proposed to reduce the risk of intraoperative injury of the superficial temporal artery (STA) and demonstrated a reduced rate of wound-healing disorders after ...
A. Früh +12 more
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A red flag for diagnosing brain death: decompressive craniectomy of the posterior fossa
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 2022 Brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) may be determined in many countries by a clinical examination that shows coma, brainstem areflexia, and apnea, provided the conditions causing reversible loss of brain function are excluded a priori.
U. Walter +7 more
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A new improved method for assessing brain deformation after decompressive craniectomy. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: 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
Fletcher, Tim L +3 more
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Clinical evolution of dysphagic patients after malignant infarction and decompressive craniectomy: a case series [PDF]
Revista CEFAC, 2023 This study aimed to characterize clinical-neurological factors and the functional swallowing capacity of patients with malignant infarction submitted to decompressive craniectomy during the hospital stay.
Caroline Matavelli Castelar Duarte +4 more
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Decompressive Craniectomy for Stroke: Who, When, and How.
Neurologic clinics, 2022 Malignant cerebral edema after large hemispheric infarct is a highly morbid condition, and major, randomized trials over the last 2 decades have affirmed the beneficial effect of surgical intervention in the form of decompressive craniectomy. Early (
G. Cannarsa, J. Simard
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Transient ischemic attack post craniectomy: A case report and review of sinking skin flap syndrome
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020 There is evidence of disrupted cerebral blood flow in patients with a skull defect due to decompressive craniectomy though the pathophysiologic mechanism is yet to be established. Here we report on a patient who suffered one episode of transient ischemic
Zhihui Deng, John Davis
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World Neurosurgery, 2021 OBJECTIVE Decompressive craniectomy (DC) relieves intracranial hypertension following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), but it has been associated with poor clinical outcome in two recent randomized controlled trials.
T. S. Svedung Wettervik +3 more
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