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Traumatic Brain Injury

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Cerebral concussion is the most common form (80~90%) of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and has also been referred to as mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). It might underestimate the true incidence because most patients do not receive hospital treatment.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Critical care medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Seungjoo Lee

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  1. Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Suk-Kyung Hong

  2. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Dong Kwan Kim

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang Ryong Jeon

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Lee, S. (2019). Traumatic Brain Injury. In: Hong, SK., Kim, D., Jeon, S. (eds) Primary Management of Polytrauma . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5529-4_3

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