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Surgical Management of Traumatic Intracranial Haematomas

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The most important complication of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the development of an intracranial haematoma. Secondary brain injury can result and reduce the likelihood of a good outcome. In this context, an effective trauma care system with high-quality neurosurgery is essential, as intracranial haematomas occur in 25–45% of severe TBI patients, 3–12% of moderate TBI patients, and approximately 1/500 patients with mild TBI.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies Vei 65, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Terje Sundstrøm & Knut Wester

  2. Department of Surgical Sciences and Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies Vei 91, 5020, Bergen, Norway

    Terje Sundstrøm

  3. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies Vei 65, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Knut Wester

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  1. , Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesvei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Terje Sundstrom

  2. , Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive, Lund University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, Lund, 22185, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Dept. Neuroanaesthesia & Neurosurgery, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Niels Juul

  4. , Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrograde 44, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Carsten Kock-Jensen

  5. , Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bledgamsvej 9, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

    Bertil Romner

  6. , Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Liesvei, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Knut Wester

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Sundstrøm, T., Wester, K. (2012). Surgical Management of Traumatic Intracranial Haematomas. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_18

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