A 2019 historical review in Frontiers in Neurology by Rossini and colleagues tracing the history of decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury; cited here for the first report of large decompressive craniectomy by Kocher in 1901.
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AuthorZefferino Rossini and colleagues
PublisherFrontiers in Neurology
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6517544/
Source Typeacademic-history
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The History of Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury (Frontiers in Neurology)
Zefferino Rossini and colleagues, Frontiers in Neurology, 2019selfQuote, self
The indication by Cushing for decompressive craniectomy with aggressive wound debridement of fragments in penetrating brain injury followed his observation of 250 cases in War World I ( 22 ).
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