Skip to main content

Primary decompressive craniectomy for acute subdural haematomas: results of an international survey

Acta Neurochirurgica volume 154, pages 1563–1565 (2012)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Fig. 1

References

  1. Bullock MR, Chesnut R, Ghajar J, Gordon D, Hartl R, Newell DW, Servadei F, Walters BC, Wilberger JE, Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury Author Group (2006) Surgical management of acute subdural hematomas. Neurosurgery 58(3 Suppl):S16–S24

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Compagnone C, Murray GD, Teasdale GM, Maas AI, Esposito D, Princi P, D'Avella D, Servadei F (2005) The management of patients with intradural post-traumatic mass lesions: a multicenter survey of current approaches to surgical management in 729 patients coordinated by the European Brain Injury Consortium. Neurosurgery 57:1183–1192

    PubMed  Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Cooper DJ, Rosenfeld JV, Murray L, Arabi YM, Davies AR, D'Urso P, Kossmann T, Ponsford J, Seppelt I, Reilly P, Wolfe R, DECRA Trial Investigators, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (2011) Decompressive craniectomy in diffuse traumatic brain injury. N Engl J Med 364:1493–1502

    PubMed  CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Hutchinson PJ, Corteen E, Czosnyka M, Mendelow AD, Menon DK, Mitchell P, Murray G, Pickard JD, Rickels E, Sahuquillo J, Servadei F, Teasdale GM, Timofeev I, Unterberg A, Kirkpatrick PJ (2006) Decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury: the randomized multicenter RESCUEicp study (www.RESCUEicp.com). Acta Neurochir Suppl 96:17–20

  5. Tomita Y, Sawauchi S, Beaumont A, Marmarou A (2000) The synergistic effect of acute subdural hematoma combined with diffuse traumatic brain injury on brain edema. Acta Neurochir Suppl 76:213–216

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We thank the research/academic committees and the administrative staff of the following societies for distributing the survey to their members: Society of British Neurological Surgeons and British Neurosurgical Trainees Association, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, NeuroCritical Care Network (UK) and Neurocritical Care Society (USA). AGK is supported by a Royal College of Surgeons of England Research Fellowship, an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship and a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Studentship. DKM and JDP are NIHR Senior Investigators. PJH is supported by an Academy of Medical Sciences/Health Foundation Senior Surgical Scientist Fellowship.

Conflicts of interest

None.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital & University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Angelos G. Kolias, Lucia M. Li, Ivan Timofeev, Elizabeth A. Corteen, Thomas Santarius, John D. Pickard, Peter J. Kirkpatrick & Peter J. Hutchinson

  2. NIHR Centre for Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital & University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Antonio Belli

  3. Division of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke’s Hospital & University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David K. Menon

  4. Division of Neurosurgery, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery, Box 167, level 3, A block, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, CB2 0QQ, Cambridge, UK

    Angelos G. Kolias

Authors
  1. Angelos G. Kolias
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Antonio Belli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Lucia M. Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Ivan Timofeev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Elizabeth A. Corteen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Thomas Santarius
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. David K. Menon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. John D. Pickard
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Peter J. Kirkpatrick
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Peter J. Hutchinson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Angelos G. Kolias.

Appendix 1

Appendix 1

Countries of practice of survey participants (number of participants). UK and Republic of Ireland (138), Germany (25), Italy (13), The Netherlands (10), USA (10), Greece (9), Belgium (7), Austria (6), Portugal (5), Brazil (4), Czech Republic (4), France (4), Turkey (4), Canada (3), Romania (3), Saudi Arabia (3), Switzerland (3), Bangladesh (2), Croatia (2), Japan (2), Norway (2), Pakistan (2), Russia (2), Bosnia-Herzegovina (1), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (1), El Salvador (1), Finland (1), Georgia (1), India (1), Israel (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Moldova (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (1), Poland (1), Serbia (1), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United Arab Emirates (1).

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kolias, A.G., Belli, A., Li, L.M. et al. Primary decompressive craniectomy for acute subdural haematomas: results of an international survey. Acta Neurochir 154, 1563–1565 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1349-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1349-6

Keywords

  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Intracranial Hypertension
  • Decompressive Craniectomy
  • Bone Flap
  • Acute Subdural Haematoma