Decompressive craniectomy.
Decompressive craniectomy.
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去骨瓣减压术。
DOI:
10.1097/01.ccm.0000089636.73484.bf
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
E. Farace
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. Shaffrey;E. Farace
The article by Dr. Albanèse and colleagues (1) appearing in this issue of Critical Care Medicine has raised some interesting questions about a potentially beneficial surgical therapy to manage cerebral edema and/or high intracranial pressure (ICP) following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). At their center, a retrospective cohort study of 816 patients with severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale score on admission≤ 8) revealed that 40 patients (5%) had decompressive craniectomy (DC); therefore, this is not a common procedure at this institution. These patients were further divided into “early” and “late” DC, essentially based on a 24-hr window; early patients (n= 27) were treated with DC following the evacuation of mass lesions. For the remaining 13 patients, DC was performed to treat ICP refractory to medical treatment. Pupillary abnormalities were present in all patients. Primary outcome was survival at 1 yr.Although morbidity and mortality resulting from severe TBI have been linked to raised ICP (2), the role of DC at either an early or late period has been debated, as the authors detail in this article. Despite frequent management of ICP following TBI, currently there is lack of rigorous proof of any treatment efficacy through a prospective, multiple-center, randomized, controlled study (3–5). Perhaps the clearest indication that much remains to be learned about the management of refractory ICP comes from the guidelines for management and prognosis of severe TBI (6). Although there is a “guideline” level recommendation to initiate ICP treatment at 20–25 mm Hg, definitive statements could not be made for mode of treatment.