Decompressive craniectomy for traumatic intracranial hypertension: application in children
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Young, A
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Traumatic brain injury remains prevalent in children, particularly within the adolescent age group. In severe injury, the priority of treatment is to stabilise the patient initially and prevent the evolution of brain swelling and secondary ischaemia using tiers of medical therapy. The final stage of intervention for such patients is a decompressive craniectomy. Here in, we identify the current evidence for performing decompressive crainectomy in children including the results from the RESCUEicp study.
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brain, injury, craniectomy, decompression, paediatric
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Child's Nervous System
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0256-7040
1433-0350
1433-0350
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33
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Springer
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Medical Research Council (G0601025)
European Commission (602150)
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European Commission (602150)
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This work was funded by the European Research Council (grant 279405), the UK Natural Environment Research Council (grant NE/H52449X/1), and the Velux foundation (project number 593). Adam Young is supported by an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship. Angelos Kolias is supported by a Clinical Lectureship, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge. Peter Hutchinson is supported by a Research Professorship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, a European Union Seventh Framework Program grant (CENTER-TBI; grant no. 602150), and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.