Zhurnal voprosy neĭrokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko
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Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko · Jan 1989
[Prevention and treatment of postoperative complications of acute traumatic intracranial hematoma].
Timely application of adequate diagnostic and therapeutic measures, reoperations among others, allows mortality to be reduced to 33% in postoperative epidural hematomas, to 50% in recurrent intracranial hematomas, and by 19% in edema and swelling of the brain with its compression. Methods of neurosurgical prevention of complications, the use of an inflow-outflow dialysis system and removal of crushed brain areas attendant to the hematomas in the first place, are the leading factor in improving the outcomes of the treatment of acute traumatic intracranial hematomas.