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==Suregery==
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Approximately half of severely head-injured patients will need [[surgery]] to remove or repair hematomas or contusions.<ref name="TBI:HTR"/> Patients may also need surgery to treat injuries in other parts of the body. These patients usually go to the [[intensive care unit]] after surgery.   
Approximately half of severely head-injured patients will need [[surgery]] to remove or repair hematomas or contusions. Patients may also need surgery to treat injuries in other parts of the body. These patients usually go to the [[intensive care unit]] after surgery.   


Sometimes when the brain is injured swelling occurs and fluids accumulate within the brain space. When an injury occurs inside the skull-encased brain, there is no place for swollen tissues to expand and no adjoining tissues to absorb excess fluid.  This leads to an increase in the pressure within the skull, called [[intracranial pressure]] (ICP).  High ICP can cause delicate brain tissue to be crushed, or parts of the brain to [[brain herniation|herniate]] across structures within the skull, potentially leading to severe damage. Medical personnel measure a patient's ICP using a probe or catheter. The instrument is inserted through the skull to the [[subarachnoid space|subarachnoid]] level and is connected to a monitor that registers ICP. If a patient has high ICP, he or she may undergo a [[ventriculostomy]], a procedure that drains [[cerebrospinal fluid]] (CSF) from the [[ventricular system|ventricles]] to bring the pressure down by way of an external ventricular drain.
Sometimes when the brain is injured swelling occurs and fluids accumulate within the brain space. When an injury occurs inside the skull-encased brain, there is no place for swollen tissues to expand and no adjoining tissues to absorb excess fluid.  This leads to an increase in the pressure within the skull, called [[intracranial pressure]] (ICP).  High ICP can cause delicate brain tissue to be crushed, or parts of the brain to [[brain herniation|herniate]] across structures within the skull, potentially leading to severe damage. Medical personnel measure a patient's ICP using a probe or catheter. The instrument is inserted through the skull to the [[subarachnoid space|subarachnoid]] level and is connected to a monitor that registers ICP. If a patient has high ICP, he or she may undergo a [[ventriculostomy]], a procedure that drains [[cerebrospinal fluid]] (CSF) from the [[ventricular system|ventricles]] to bring the pressure down by way of an external ventricular drain.

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Suregery

Approximately half of severely head-injured patients will need surgery to remove or repair hematomas or contusions. Patients may also need surgery to treat injuries in other parts of the body. These patients usually go to the intensive care unit after surgery.

Sometimes when the brain is injured swelling occurs and fluids accumulate within the brain space. When an injury occurs inside the skull-encased brain, there is no place for swollen tissues to expand and no adjoining tissues to absorb excess fluid. This leads to an increase in the pressure within the skull, called intracranial pressure (ICP). High ICP can cause delicate brain tissue to be crushed, or parts of the brain to herniate across structures within the skull, potentially leading to severe damage. Medical personnel measure a patient's ICP using a probe or catheter. The instrument is inserted through the skull to the subarachnoid level and is connected to a monitor that registers ICP. If a patient has high ICP, he or she may undergo a ventriculostomy, a procedure that drains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the ventricles to bring the pressure down by way of an external ventricular drain.

Decompressive craniectomy is a last-resort surgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed in an attempt to reduce severely high ICP.[1]

References

  1. Aarabi B, Hesdorffer DC, Ahn ES, Aresco C, Scalea TM, and Eisenberg HM. (2006) Outcome following decompressive craniectomy for malignant swelling due to severe head injury. Journal of Neurosurgery. Volume 104, Issue 4, Pages 469-479. PMID 16619648. Retrieved on [2007-01-21]]


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