Open AccessModern problems of diagnostics and surgical treatment of patients with multifocal injuries of a brain with polytrauma
Author(s) -
A. O. Bumay
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2008-5-2-310-317
Subject(s) - polytrauma , medicine , brain edema , traumatic brain injury , head injury , brain contusion , intensive care medicine , cerebral edema , brain damage , surgery , anesthesia , psychiatry
Severe head traumas in combination with multiple injuries of polytrauma are important factors for the prognosis of morbidity and mortality in patients. The prognosis mainly depends on the presence of primary mechanic brain injury and the development of secondary brain damage. In patients with traumatic brain injury, intracranial hypertension against multifocal injuries secondary to cerebral edema is a major problem. We have made literature review.