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Comment
. 2016 Nov;8(11):E1505-E1507.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.29.

Would decompressive craniectomy really bring the hope to severe traumatic brain injury?

Hua-Wei Huang  1 , Guo-Bin Zhang  2 , Jian-Xin Zhou  1
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Would decompressive craniectomy really bring the hope to severe traumatic brain injury?

Hua-Wei Huang et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Nov.
No abstract available

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  • Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension.
    Hutchinson PJ, Kolias AG, Timofeev IS, Corteen EA, Czosnyka M, Timothy J, Anderson I, Bulters DO, Belli A, Eynon CA, Wadley J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell PM, Wilson MH, Critchley G, Sahuquillo J, Unterberg A, Servadei F, Teasdale GM, Pickard JD, Menon DK, Murray GD, Kirkpatrick PJ; RESCUEicp Trial Collaborators. Hutchinson PJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Sep 22;375(12):1119-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1605215. Epub 2016 Sep 7. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27602507 Clinical Trial.

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