Patients with posttraumatic refractory intracranial hypertension treated with decompressive craniectomy showed reduced mortality and improved recovery at 24 months compared with standard care, per a study published in JAMA Neurology.
“Decompressive craniectomy is a life-saving procedure to reduce critically elevated intracranial pressure among patients with traumatic brain injury,” Angelos G. Kolias, MD, PhD, of the department of clinical neurosciences, University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and colleagues wrote. “The optimal timing, indications and functional outcome