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Neurosurgical Advances in Trauma Management

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Traumatic brain injury is managed using both surgical and nonsurgical methods. This chapter describes the current and evolving surgical and nonsurgical treatments used for various traumatic brain injuries. Surgical treatments range from standard craniotomies, commonly used to treat subdural and epidural hematomas, to endovascular treatments for carotid and vertebral artery pathology. Nonsurgical treatments include intracranial pressure monitoring and medical managements that may be used to supplement or in lieu of surgical treatments depending on the type of neurotrauma. In this chapter, we outline surgical and nonsurgical management of epidural hematoma, subdural hematoma, traumatic parenchymal lesions, depressed cranial fracture, penetrating intracranial injury, diffuse axonal injury, carotid and vertebral artery dissection, and blast injury.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    ByoungJun Han B.S.

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Physiology, and Neuroscience, NewYork Harbor Health Care System, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Uzma Samadani M.D., Ph.D.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Rifat Latifi

  2. Department of Surgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Peter Rhee

  3. Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Rainer W.G. Gruessner

Abbreviations

Abbreviations

aSDH:

Acute subdural hematoma

CCI:

Controlled cortical impact

CNS:

Central nervous system

COBRIT:

Citicoline brain injury treatment

cSDH:

Chronic subdural hematoma

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

CT:

Computed tomography

DAI:

Diffuse axonal injury

DC:

Decompressive craniectomy

DCF:

Depressed cranial fracture

EDH:

Epidural hematoma

EPO:

Erythropoietin

GCS:

Glasgow coma scale

GSWH:

Gunshot wound to the head

HHT:

Hypertonic/hyperoncotic treatment

ICA:

Internal carotid artery

ICP:

Intracranial pressure

MLS:

Midline shift

MVA:

Motor vehicle accidents

PBI:

Penetrating brain injury

rhDAF:

Recombinant human decay-accelerating factor

SAH:

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

SEPS:

Subdural evacuating port system

TBI:

Traumatic brain injury

TDC:

Twist drill craniostomy

VA:

Vertebral artery

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Han, B., Samadani, U. (2015). Neurosurgical Advances in Trauma Management. In: Latifi, R., Rhee, P., Gruessner, R. (eds) Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2671-8_13

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