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Prognosis for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Treated with Bilateral Decompressive Craniectomy

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Brain Edema XIV

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Yatsushige, Yoshio Takasato, Hiroyuki Masaoka, Takanori Hayakawa, Naoki Otani, Yoshikazu Yoshino, Kyoko Sumiyoshi, Takashi Sugawara, Hiroki Miyawaki, Chikashi Aoyagi, Satoru Takeuchi & Go Suzuki

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  1. Medical Research Center, PAN Warszawa, Ceglowska St. 80, Warszawa, 01-809, Poland

    Zbigniew Czernicki

  2. Klinikum Großhadern, Universitätsklinikum München, Marchioninistr. 15, München, 81377, Germany

    Alexander Baethmann

  3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Kyonan-cho 1-26-1, Musashino City, Tokyo, 180, Japan

    Umeo Ito

  4. School of Medicine, Nihon University, Oyaguchikami-machi 30-1 , Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan

    Yoichi Katayama

  5. Dept. Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Yushima 1-5-45, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan

    Toshihiko Kuroiwa

  6. Dept. Neurosurgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE46BE, United Kingdom

    David Mendelow

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Yatsushige, H. et al. (2010). Prognosis for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Treated with Bilateral Decompressive Craniectomy. In: Czernicki, Z., Baethmann, A., Ito, U., Katayama, Y., Kuroiwa, T., Mendelow, D. (eds) Brain Edema XIV. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 106. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_50

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