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A craniectomy is a type of major brain surgery where a surgeon removes part of your skull to access your brain. Your surgeon doesn’t replace your skull during this procedure. A follow-up procedure called a cranioplasty replaces the removed piece of your skull at another time.
20 mar 2014 · Abstract. A large ischemic stroke that is starting to swell is one of the most alarming situations faced by neurologists and neurosurgeons. The problem progresses relentlessly, usually ending in...
15 mar 2021 · Decompressive surgery can be a life-saving measure, and here we discuss the most up-to-date literature and provide a review on the surgical management of large hemispheric ischemic strokes. Large hemispheric infarctions (LHIs) lead to significant disability and mortality.
2 maj 2024 · Craniectomies are performed in various clinical settings: control raised intracranial pressure: see decompressive craniectomy. intraoperative cerebral swelling, which does not allow for the bone to be replaced. resection of infected bone flaps following a previous craniotomy.
Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical technique aiming to open the “closed box” represented by the non-expandable skull in cases of refractory intracranial hypertension.
17 sty 2024 · A craniectomy is an emergency procedure used to relieve swelling in the brain due to a stroke or a traumatic brain injury. A craniotomy is done in order to allow a surgeon to remove a brain tumor. In both cases, a bone flap, or section of the skull, is removed.
20 mar 2014 · In the Decompressive Surgery for the Treatment of Malignant Infarction of the Middle Cerebral Artery II (DESTINY II) study, we investigated the outcome of early hemicraniectomy as compared with...
