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Outcome After Severe Head Injury with Midbrain Syndrome in the Acute Stage

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Head Injuries

Part of the book series: Advances in Neurosurgery ((NEURO,volume 17))

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The acute midbrain syndrome (GCS 4+5) [18] (WFNS coma scale III) [4] is part of the most severe form of central dysregulation from which recovery is possible [9]. In patients with a midbrain syndrome (MS) due to severe head injury we were able to work out prognostic factors by correlating clinical course and computer tomographic findings over 7 years [13,14]. The aim of the present study was to investigate the long-term morbidity and functional recovery of patients who suffered from an MS during the acute stage of a severe brain injury.

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  1. Zentrum für Neurochirurgie der Universität Gießen, Klinikstraße 37, D-6300, Gießen, Germany

    A. Laun, P. Kayser & H. P. Döring

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  1. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Germany

    Reinhold A. Frowein

  2. Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    Mario Brock

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 (Kopfklinikum), D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Margareta Klinger

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Laun, A., Kayser, P., Döring, H.P. (1989). Outcome After Severe Head Injury with Midbrain Syndrome in the Acute Stage. In: Frowein, R.A., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Head Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74279-8_3

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