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Surgical Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury: Is It Time for Reappraisal?

Giovanni Grasso

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Ventriculostomymedicine.medical_specialtyTraumatic brain injurymedicine.medical_treatmentTreatment outcomeBrain EdemaVentriculostomyBrain InjuriemedicineSurgical treatmentSurvival rateCraniotomybusiness.industryBrain edemaMedicine (all)medicine.diseaseDecompression SurgicalSurgerySurvival RateTreatment OutcomeAnesthesiaSurgeryNeurology (clinical)Intracranial HypertensionbusinessCraniotomyHuman

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. It is estimated that each year, on average, TBIs associated with 1.1 million visits to the emergency department, 235,000 hospitalizations, and 50,000 deaths.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-08-01
10.1016/j.wneu.2015.01.043http://hdl.handle.net/10447/192257