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Intracranial Hypertension in Subarachnoid Hamorrhage: Outcome After Decompressive Craniectomy

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Trends in Neurovascular Interventions

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Intracranial hypertension can occur following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). It can be treated with decompressive craniectomy (DC) with the aim of reducing intracranial pressure, increasing cerebral perfusion and reducing further morbidity and mortality. We studied the outcome of patients undergoing DC following SAH at our institution, to ascertain whether the use of this treatment can be rationalized.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, M6 8HD, UK

    D. T. Holsgrove, W. J. Kitchen, L. Dulhanty, J. P. Holland & H. C. Patel

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  1. Dept. of Neurosurgery, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

    Tetsuya Tsukahara

  2. Klinik für Neurochirurgie UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Giuseppe Esposito

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Hans-Jakob Steiger

  4. Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Gabriel J.E. Rinkel

  5. Klinik für Neurochirurgie UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Luca Regli

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Holsgrove, D.T., Kitchen, W.J., Dulhanty, L., Holland, J.P., Patel, H.C. (2014). Intracranial Hypertension in Subarachnoid Hamorrhage: Outcome After Decompressive Craniectomy. In: Tsukahara, T., Esposito, G., Steiger, HJ., Rinkel, G., Regli, L. (eds) Trends in Neurovascular Interventions. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 119. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02411-0_9

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