A decompressive craniectomy is brain surgery that removes a portion of the skull. When the brain swells following an injury, the pressure in the brain can build inside the skull, causing further ...

March 30, 2011 — Results of a randomized trial show that although decompressive craniectomy reduced intracranial pressure and the length of stay in the intensive care unit, it was also associated with ...

May 17, 2010 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Microvascular decompression (MVD) of the trigeminal nerve is a safe and effective procedure for persistent or recurrent trigeminal neuralgia (TN) after ...

Study design: Definitive and unequivocal evidence to support the practice of early or late surgery is still lacking in clinical studies. Accordingly, meta-analysis is one of the few methods that offer ...

The purpose of this study was to obtain data on orbital decompression procedures performed in England, classed by hospital and locality, to evaluate regional variation in care. Data on orbital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Decompression with fusion was found to be associated with fewer subsequent surgeries in patients ...