Craniotomy - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Visual recovery following optic nerve decompression for chronic compressive neuropathy.

Mar 2009 PURPOSE: Visual failure due to optic nerve compression is a common indication for decompressive surgery. Most data only refer to the odds of improvement, deterioration or remaining the same. However, patients frequently wish to know more detail ... Read more...

Comparison of the effect of decompressive craniectomy on different neurosurgical diseases.

17 Dec 2008 BACKGROUND: Many previous studies have reported that decompressive craniectomy has improved clinical outcomes in patients with intractable increased intracranial pressure (ICP) caused by various neurosurgical diseases. However there is no report ... Read more...

Hemicraniectomy for massive middle cerebral artery infarction: a review.

30 Oct 2008 Hemicraniectomy and opening underlying dura mater permits the expansion of infarcted, swollen brain outwards, reversing dangerous intracranial pressure elevations and the risk of fatal transtentorial temporal lobe or diencephalic herniation. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Craniotomy - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Reassessment of the HAMLET study. 29 Jun 2009
• Visual recovery following optic nerve decompression for chronic compressive neuropathy. Mar 2009
• Comparison of the effect of decompressive craniectomy on different neurosurgical diseases. 17 Dec 2008
• Hemicraniectomy for massive middle cerebral artery infarction: a review. 30 Oct 2008
• Transfusion practices for acute traumatic brain injury: a survey of physicians at US trauma centers. 13 Oct 2008
• Risk factors for neurosurgical site infections: an 18-month prospective survey. 29 Sep 2008
• Intraoperative mapping of language functions: a longitudinal neurolinguistic analysis. 29 Sep 2008
• Evolution in practice: how has British neurosurgery changed in the last 10 years? 30 Aug 2008
• Reversible monoparesis following decompressive hemicraniectomy for traumatic brain injury. 30 Jul 2008
• Incidence and risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications in elective intracranial surgery. 30 Jul 2008
• Evaluation of POSSUM and P-POSSUM scoring systems for predicting the mortality in elective neurosurgical patients. 30 Mar 2008
• Endoscopic resection of colloid cysts: indications, technique, and results during a 13-year period. 29 Nov 2007
• Decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: patient age and outcome. 29 Jun 2007
• A safe and effective method for treatment of chronic subdural haematoma. 30 Jan 2007
• Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: to operate or not to operate, that's the question. 30 Oct 2006
• Long-term outcome of skull base surgery with microvascular reconstruction for malignant disease. 29 Sep 2006
• When the bone flap hits the floor. 30 Aug 2006
• Thallium-201 SPECT in prognostic assessment of malignant gliomas treated with postoperative radiotherapy. 29 Apr 2006
• Predicting the need for early tracheostomy: a multifactorial analysis of 992 intubated trauma patients. 29 Apr 2006
• Decompressive craniectomy for severe head injury in patients with major extracranial injuries. 30 Dec 2005

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Technical information about 'Craniotomy'

Definition: Any operation on the cranium or incision into the cranium. (Dorland, 28th ed)

Descriptor UI: D003399

Alternative terms: Craniotomy; Craniotomies;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.525.190;

History Note: 65(64)

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition