Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Preclinical Models of Decompressive Craniectomy: Lessons from Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury and Other Disease Models
(E.G. Hayman, M.J. Kole, and J.M. Simard, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 2. Impaired Cerebral Energy Metabolism Following Traumatic Brain Injury Contributes to Poor Outcomes and Limits the Effectiveness of Decompressive Craniectomy
(Courtney L. Robertson, MD and Gary M. Fiskum, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, and others)
Chapter 3. Multimodal Monitoring in Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke
(Masoom Desai, MD, Corey Lewis, and Neeraj Badjatia, MD, Department of Neurocritical Care, University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 4. Decompressive Craniectomy: The Effects on Neurochemistry and Brain Oxygen Delivery
(Anna Teresa Mazzeo, Ashley Ralston, Deepak Gupta, and Ross M. Bullock, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Torino, Italy, and others)
Chapter 5. Medical Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Indications for Secondary Decompressive Craniectomy
(G. Schwartzbauer and D. Stein, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and others)
Chapter 6. Preoperative and Postoperative Nursing Care of Patients Undergoing Decompressive Craniectomy
(Karen A. McQuillan and Tya Schoppe, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 7. Decompressive Laparotomy to Treat Intracranial Hypertension and Multiple Compartment Syndrome
(Margaret H. Lauerman, MD, and Thomas M. Scalea, MD, Department of Trauma/Critical Care, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 8. Decompressive Craniectomy in Ischemic Stroke
(Matthew Jaffa, Carolyn A Cronin, MD, PhD, and Barney J. Stern, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 9. Decompressive Craniectomy in Diffuse Injury: Interpretation and Implications of the International DECRA Randomized Trial
(D. J. Cooper, A. Udy, A. Nichol, J. V. Rosenfeld, and M. Hunn, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Chapter 10. Decompressive Craniectomy for Refractory Posttraumatic Intracranial Hypertension: Interpretation and Implications of the International RESCUEicp Randomized Trial
(Tamara Tajsic, MD, PhD, Angelos G. Kolias, PhD, Hadie Adams, MD, Ivan Timofeev, PhD, David K. Menon, and Peter J. Hutchinson, PhD, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Chapter 11. Outcome Following Decompressive Craniectomy for Managing High Intracranial Pressure in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: A Systematic Review
(Juan Sahuquillo, MD, PhD, and Jane A. Dennis, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Paseo Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, and others)
Chapter 12. Decompressive Craniectomy in Pediatric TBI
(David S. Hersh, MD, and Mari L. A. Groves, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, and others)
Chapter 13. Early Decompressive Craniectomy for Blast and Penetrating Brain Injury in War: Lessons for Civilian Surgeons
(Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Randy S. Bell, and Rocco Armonda, Department of Neurosurgery, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 14. Decompressive Craniectomy in Casualties from OIF and OEF: Management after Evacuation from the War Zone
(Chris J. Neal, MD, Randy S. Bell, MD, Nicholas Szuflita, MD, and Rocco Armonda, MD, Division of Neurosurgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and others)
Chapter 15. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations from the 2017 Fourth Edition
(Kevin Kwan, MD, Jamie S. Ullman, MD, Julia Schneider, Gregory W. J. Hawryluk, MD, PhD, Annette Totten, PhD, and Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York, USA, and others)
Chapter 16. Decompressive Craniectomy: Surgical Indications in Developed versus Developing Countries
(Franco Servadei, MD, Corrado Iaccarino, MD, Edoardo Picetti, MD, Davide Nasi, MD, and Stephen Honeybul, Department of Neurosurgery, Humanitas University, Milano, Italy, and others)
Chapter 17. Timing and Technique of Cranioplasty
(Gabriel F. Santiago, Judy Huang, MD, and Chad Gordon, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and others)
Chapter 18. Complications of Decompressive Craniectomy
(M.J. Kole, D.S. Hersh, and G. Schwartzbauer, Department of Neurosurgery and R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 19. Decompressive Craniectomy: Prognosis and Communication with Patient Families
(O. Ugochukwu, D. Stein, and S. Honeybul, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and others)
Chapter 20. Ethical Considerations in Decompressive Craniectomy
(Stephen Honeybul, Franco Servadei, Kwok Ming Ho, Luca Longhi, and Grant Gillett, Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia, and others)
Chapter 21. The Prognostic Value of Traumatic Brainstem Injury on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review
(B. Aarabi, A. Wessell, N. Pratt, T. Chryssikos, M. Scarboro, C. Diaz Lomangino, and C. Aresco, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, and others)
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Index
Keywords: TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Decompressive Craniectomy
Audience: Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, Critical Care Specialists, Trauma Surgeons, Emergency Care physicians.
