A decompressive craniectomy is brain surgery that removes ... This usually requires the individual to wear a custom-fitted helmet for several weeks to several months. Less frequently, a person ...

When it’s done to relieve swelling, it’s called a decompressive craniectomy (DC ... you’ll need to wear a special helmet that protects the opening in your head from any further injury.

In a decompressive craniectomy, doctors remove a portion ... In the interim, the patient wears a protective helmet. But the skull cannot simply be placed in a bedside jar. Fragile bone marrow ...

Traumatic acute subdural hematomas frequently warrant surgical evacuation by means of a craniotomy (bone flap replaced) or decompressive craniectomy (bone flap not replaced). Craniectomy may ...

It is unclear whether decompressive craniectomy improves the functional outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and refractory raised intracranial pressure. From December 2002 ...

“Most neurosurgeons do a decompressive craniectomy on one side of the head ... he's making sure others know how important it is to wear a helmet. "This has really opened my eyes.

March 30, 2011 — Results of a randomized trial show that although decompressive craniectomy reduced intracranial pressure and the length of stay in the intensive care unit, it was also ...

Decompressive craniectomy appears to be beneficial in patients with severe deep intracerebral hemorrhage, new research suggested. Although the results just missed statistical significance ...

A controversial procedure that involves removing a portion of a patient's skull can save lives when people have severe brain injuries, a new study finds. The surgery, called a decompressive ...

Her daughter made it through one decompressive craniectomy, a surgical procedure to remove a portion of the skull and alleviate pressure, her mom said, but was still in critical condition.