Decompressive Craniectomy “DC”
Decompressive craniectomy in the management of traumatic brain injury: a review of current practice
... Decompressive craniectomy (DC) has had a long and checkered ...of DC in reducing intracranial pressure (ICP) and improving mortality from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), others have ...
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Decompressive craniectomy in patients with cerebral infarction due to malignant vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
... in decompressive craniectomy (DC) in patients with vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage ...underwent DC due to cerebral infarct and edema secondary to vasospasm after aneurysmal ...
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The Conundrum of Ventricular Dilatations Following Decompressive Craniectomy: Is Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, The Only Panacea?
... Introduction: Ventriculomegaly and hydrocephalus (HCP) are sometimes a bewildering sequela of decompressive craniectomy (DC). The distinguishing criteria between both are less well defined. Majority ...
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Can minimally invasive puncture and drainage for hypertensive spontaneous Basal Ganglia intracerebral hemorrhage improve patient outcome: a prospective non-randomized comparative study
... The optimal approach to remove a hematoma resulting from ICH would be a rapid, simple method that combines a high success rate with low risk and minimal cost. One technique that may have such characteristics is minimally ...
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Radiological indicators of post operative outcome in decompressive craniectomy forhead injury patients
... is decompressive craniectomy (DC) and also performed while intracranial hematoma ...evacuation. DC involves the removal of t the brain has room to expand and the pressure ...by ...
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Decompressive craniectomy for acute ischemic stroke
... herniation. Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical technique aiming to open the “ closed box ” represented by the non- expandable skull in cases of refractory intracranial ...infratentorial ...
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The "Skull Flap" a new conceived device for decompressive craniectomy/cranioplasty: Feasibility study on cadaver specimen.
... Background: Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a procedure that is currently performed with increasing ...a DC, yet providing at the same time a cranial reconstruction that will not require the ...
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Clinical Outcome of Decompressive Craniectomy Operation for the Management of Acute Traumatic Brain Injury
... of Decompressive Craniectomy (DC) on the postoperative clinical state of the patient to define a line of management of these ...compressive Craniectomy and in the control group B, patients ...
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Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury:Factors Influencing Prognosis and Outcome
... therapy, decompressive craniectomy (DC) could be performed [6,7]. DC could be life-saving for these patients, according to a study conducted in 2009 by Rubiano et ...in DC group were ...
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Impact of the extent of craniectomy and duraplasty on post operative outcome following decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury
... as decompressive craniectomy (DC), has been performed for the purpose of relieving elevated intracranial pressure with outcome improvement in specific TBI patients (Rosner, 1995 and Enevoldsen, ...of ...
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Decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury patients with fixed dilated pupils
... the DC group gained favorable scores and but none of the patients in the CC group showed favorable ...that DC is a significant step in the surgical treatment after traumatic brain injury, and patients may ...
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Cranioplasty after Decompressive Craniectomy Caused an Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Case Report
... Decompressive craniectomy is a common practice for patients with intracranial ...following craniectomy can release the effects of atmos- pheric pressure on the brain, and the brain can become ...
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Initial intracranial pressure as a prognosticator in head-injured patients undergoing decompressive craniectomy
... standard procedures in most large trauma centers [4, 5]. Recently, several studies have shown that the presence and frequency of high ICP are predictive factors in the outcome of TBI [6, 7]. However, few data are ...
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Decompressive Craniectomy for Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): Case Report
... hemodynamic deterioration, requiring vasopressors support for a short period of time. Fecal peritonitis was di- agnosed, necessitating four additional laparotomies. Elevated blood pressure values were recorded. Following ...
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Clinical review: Therapy for refractory intracranial hypertension in ischaemic stroke
... As far as blood pressure, blood glucose level, body core temperature control, fluid and nutrition management, and prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis are concerned, patients with malignant MCA infarctions are treated ...
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Decompressive craniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarctions: outcome of 25 cases
... Many other researchers have published promising re- sults of early decompressive hemicraniectomy for malig- nant MCA infarcts. Most of the studies stated that the incidence of permanent major disability or ...
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Decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarctions: a meta-analysis
... and decompressive craniectomy, were performed ...[6], DC has been inscrolled into guidelines as a common practice ...Although DC survives patients during the acute stage of mMCAI, the survival ...
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Validation of an International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision coding algorithm to identify decompressive craniectomy for stroke
... All decompressive craniectomies performed for acute space-occupying cerebral infarction between December 15, 2008 and March 15, 2014 were retrospectively identi- fied by physician review after approval by our ...
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Early decompressive craniectomy and duraplasty for refractory intracranial hypertension in children: results of a pilot study
... with decompressive craniectomy after TBI at a pediatric intensive care ...pressure. Decompressive craniectomy including dura opening was initiated in cases of a sustained increase in ICP > ...
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Analysis of outcome of decompressive craniectomy in patients with acute massive cerebrovascular accidents – an institutional analysis
... In our study the post op status patients were taken up for early tracheostomy for better toileting and reduction of anatomical dead space. This showed lesser incidence of aspiration pneumonia and better improvement of ...
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