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 ...

Decompressive craniectomy (DC)—a surgical procedure that involves removal of part of the skull to accommodate brain swelling—has been used for many years in the management of patients with ...

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

Decompressive craniectomy, which involves expansion of fixed cranial cavity, is used to treat intra-operative brain swelling and post-operative malignant intracranial hypertension. However ...

Surgery to remove part of the skull after a traumatic brain injury allows the brain to swell and relieves pressure in the head. But the procedure might cause problems over the long term for some ...

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.