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Acute encephalocele during surgery in patients with severe brain injury Author(s): ZHANG Ye-bin, ZHOU Yong-sheng, HUANG Guan-min, LIU Wei, LIU Yuan, LU Fei, CHEN Hong-bin Pages: 1970-1971 Year: 2008 Issue: 12 Journal: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy Keyword: Severe brain injury; Encephaloeele; Brain swelling; Decompressive cranlotomy; Abstract: Objective To explore the measures to prevent acute encephalocele during the decompressive craniotomy in the patients with severe brain injury.Methods The clinical data of 28 patients with severe brain injury,who were treated by extended fronto-temporo-prietal craniotomy were analyzed retrospectively.The sequential dural ineision(SDI)was performed during the operation in all the patients.Results The catastrophic encephalocele did not occur in all the cases even if very hish intracranial pressure wag caused by fulminant brain swelling in some cases.The total removal of hematomas was achieved in 19 cases,but there still was extensive hemorrhage in the operative fieId in 4 eases and secondary intracranial hematomas in the other regions in 5 cases observed on postoperative CT scan.The disappeared basal cistern and the third ventricle could be observed again in 12 eases.According to GOS,9 patienm obrained good recovery,5 was moderately disabled,4 were severely disabled,2 vegetatively survived,and 8 died.Condusion The encephalocele,which is easily produced by rapid decompression,is prevented by eontrollable decompression as early as possible and SDI in the patients with especially severe brain injury.
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