Outcomes of Traumatic Brain-Injured Patients With Glasgow Coma Scale < 5 and Bilateral Dilated Pupils Undergoing Decompressive Craniectomy

Outcomes of Traumatic Brain-Injured Patients With Glasgow Coma Scale < 5 and Bilateral Dilated Pupils Undergoing Decompressive Craniectomy

Objective: Decompressive craniectomy (DC) plays an important role in the treatment of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) with mass lesions and intractably elevated intracranial hypertension (ICP). However, whether DC should be performed in patients with bilateral dilated pupils and a...

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Main Authors: Zhiji Tang, Ruijin Yang, Jinshi Zhang, Qianliang Huang, Xiaoping Zhou, Wenjin Wei, Qiuhua Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
decompressive craniectomy
bilateral dilated pupils
GCS
mortality
traumatic brain injury
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.656369/full

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