1. In this randomized controlled trial, craniotomy and decompressive craniectomy resulted in similar disability and quality-of-life outcomes for patients following traumatic acute subdural hematoma. 2 ...

Background and Purpose Acute ischemia in the territory of the carotid artery can lead to massive cerebral edema with raised intracranial pressure and progression to coma and death due to uncal, ...

1 Department of Neurology, St. Lazar Hospital, Salgótarján, Hungary. 2 Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. Authors experience over the past 20 years, many ...

Traumatic acute subdural hematomas frequently warrant surgical evacuation by means of a craniotomy (bone flap replaced) or decompressive craniectomy (bone flap not replaced). Craniectomy may prevent ...

Given the success of the previous collection Decompressive Craniectomy and Cranioplasty: Challenges and chances and the continuing advances in the field, we are pleased to announce the launch of ...

LOS ANGELES ― A common dilemma in neurosurgery is whether to immediately replace the bone flap in the skull after surgical treatment of an acute subdural hematoma. In a new study, outcomes were nearly ...

The optimal timing of cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy for trauma is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine if early cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy for trauma ...

For patients with refractory traumatic intracranial hypertension, the impact of decompressive craniectomy on clinical outcomes is still a matter of debate. Some consider this surgery a way to prevent ...