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Decompressive craniotomy
Christopher Groombridge1, Amit Maini1, Joseph Mathew1
1National Trauma Research Institute, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA
|May 2, 2020
Abstract:
An unconscious patient with an extra-dural haematoma may not survive transfer to a neurosurgical centre for definitive care. This article describes a simple approach to a decompressive craniotomy which may be life-saving in these patients when a neurosurgeon is not available.
