Mahapatra, A. K. ; Tandon, P. N. ; Bhatia, R. ; Banerji, A. K. (1985) Bilateral decerebration in head-injury patients: an analysis of sixty-two cases Surgical Neurology, 23 (5). pp. 536-540. ISSN 0090-3019
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Abstract
The factors that contributed to recovery were reviewed in 62 head-injured patients with bilateral decerebration. The most important prognostic variables were age, mode of accident, time interval since injury, results of initial neurological evaluations, and the type of intracranial mass lesion. A higher survival rate was recorded in patients less than 20 years of age, those involved in nonvehicular accidents, those admitted within 6 hours of the accident, and where the vestibuloocular reflexes were preserved. Patients with extradural hematomas and those with non-surgical intracerebral mass lesions also had a relatively better prognosis. In no patient was elective ventilation, steroid, or megadose barbiturate therapy utilized. Twenty patients (32%) of the 62 survived, and 11 patients had a good functional recovery.
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Keywords: | Head Injury; Bilateral Decerebration; Survival |
ID Code: | 56861 |
Deposited On: | 25 Aug 2011 09:41 |
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