Höhne, Julius, Friedrich, Monika, Brawanski, Alexander, Melter, Michael and Schebesch, Karl-Michael (2015) Decompressive craniectomy and early cranioplasty in a 15 year-old boy with N. meningitidis meningitis. Surgical Neurology International 6 (58), pp. 1-4.
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Abstract
Background: Intracranial hypertension is a well-known life-threatening complication of bacterial meningitis. Investigations on decompressive craniectomy after failure of conservative management are scarce, but this surgical treatment should be considered and performed expeditiously, as it lowers the intracranial pressure and improves brain tissue oxygenation. Early cranioplasty can further aid ...
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| Item type: | Article | ||||||
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| Date: | 9 April 2015 | ||||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurochirurgie | ||||||
| Projects: | Open Access Publizieren (DFG) | ||||||
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| Keywords: | Cranioplasty, computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, encephalitis, intracranial pressure, meningococcal disease, meningitis, Neisseria meningitidis, W/Y-135 | ||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||||
| Item ID: | 31835 |
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