{"title":"Decompressive Craniectomy and Temporal Lobectomy in a Patient with a Traumatic Brain Injury - A Successful Case History","authors":"Dayan Dissanayaka, Kanakka Hewage Dammika Madhusankha","doi":"10.47363/jnrrr/2021(3)148","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Traumatic brain injury is a common cause of disability among young adults. It causes a huge socioeconomic burden to the society. Management includes a multidisciplinary team approach. Both conservative and surgical options are available as a treatment option, but the outcome is often poor. Decompressive craniectomy is widely practiced surgical option for intracranial hypertension.","PeriodicalId":309719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology Research Reviews & Reports","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Neurology Research Reviews & Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47363/jnrrr/2021(3)148","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Traumatic brain injury is a common cause of disability among young adults. It causes a huge socioeconomic burden to the society. Management includes a multidisciplinary team approach. Both conservative and surgical options are available as a treatment option, but the outcome is often poor. Decompressive craniectomy is widely practiced surgical option for intracranial hypertension.