Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

March 30, 2011 — Results of a randomized trial show that although decompressive craniectomy reduced intracranial pressure and the length of stay in the intensive care unit, it was also ...

The effect of decompressive craniectomy on clinical outcomes in patients with refractory traumatic intracranial hypertension remains unclear.From 2004 through 2014, we randomly assigned 408 patient ...

Polin, RS, Shaffrey, ME, Bogaev, CA, et al. Decompressive bifrontal craniectomy in the treatment of severe refractory posttraumatic cerebral edema. Neurosurgery 1997;41:84-92 Crossref ...

A new trial confirms the mortality benefit of decompressive craniectomy in TBI, but more patients were left with severe disability, ... 63% chose bifrontal. ...

A decompressive craniectomy may be necessary after a traumatic brain injury, to relieve pressure on the brain. It is a life-saving emergency treatment that involves removing a part of the skull.

Patients with posttraumatic refractory intracranial hypertension treated with decompressive craniectomy showed reduced mortality and improved recovery at 24 months compared with standard care, per ...

Complications of decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury. Neurosurg Focus . 2009;26(6):E7. Wick J, Wade J, Rohrer D, O’Neill O. Use of decompressive craniectomy after severe head ...

Decompressive craniectomy has been increasingly performed at major trauma centers over the last decade, especially in the United States, the researchers say. However, until now, ...

Around one in three patients in both groups (30.2% of patients in the craniotomy group and 32.2% of those in the decompressive craniectomy group) died within the first 12 months following surgery.