How aggressively should neurosurgeons treat elderly patients with severe blunt traumatic brain injury?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: j.rosenfeld@alfred.org.au.
² Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Editorial

J V Rosenfeld et al. Injury. 2015 Sep.

. 2015 Sep;46(9):1703-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.07.037.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: j.rosenfeld@alfred.org.au.
² Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Aggressive operative treatment of isolated blunt traumatic brain injury in the elderly is associated with favourable outcome.
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