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Subacute Surgery in Neurointensive Care

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The possibility of hydrocephalus, brain oedema, or a new or recurrent intracranial haematoma must be investigated by repeated computed tomography scans in case of neurological deterioration or intractable intracranial hypertension in a head injured patient. Subacute surgery (secondary surgical intervention) should then be considered.

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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). Subacute Surgery in Neurointensive Care. 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_51

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