The role of decompressive craniectomy in limited resource environments

Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a neurosurgical procedure useful to prevent and manage the impact of high intracranial pressure (ICP) that leads to brain herniation and brain’s tissue ischemia. In well-resourced environment this procedure has been proposed as a last tier therapy when ICP is not co...

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Autores:
Clavijo, Angélica
Khan, Ahsan A.
Mendoza, Juliana
Montenegro, Jorge H.
Johnson, Erica D.
Adeleye, Amos O.
Rubiano, Andrés M.
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Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad El Bosque
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. El Bosque
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/1854
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/1854
https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00112
Palabra clave:
Enfermedades del sistema nervioso
Procedimientos neuroquirúrgicos
Presión intracraneal
Decompressive craniectomy
Low- and middle-income countries
Brain injury
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