Open AccessProtocol-based early decompressive craniectomy in a resource-constrained environment: A tertiary care hospital experience
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Pattankar,
Basant K. Misra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_41_20
Subject(s) - medicine , decompressive craniectomy , radiological weapon , glasgow outcome scale , traumatic brain injury , refractory (planetary science) , retrospective cohort study , observational study , intracranial pressure , mortality rate , surgery , glasgow coma scale , physics , psychiatry , astrobiology
Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is an emergency life-saving procedure used to treat refractory intracranial hypertension (RICH). The authors aim to analyze their experience with protocol-based early DC (<24 h) in RICH cases diagnosed based on clinical and radiological evidence, without preoperative intracranial pressure monitoring done over 10 years.