• Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: Consensus statement 

      Hutchinson P.J., Kolias A.G., Tajsic T., Adeleye A., Aklilu A.T., Apriawan T., Bajamal A.H., Barthélemy E.J., Devi B.I., Bhat D., Bulters D., Chesnut R., Citerio G., Cooper D.J., Czosnyka M., Edem I., El-Ghandour N.M.F., Figaji A., Fountas K.N., Gallagher C., Hawryluk G.W.J., Iaccarino C., Joseph M., Khan T., Laeke T., Levchenko O., Liu B., Liu W., Maas A., Manley G.T., Manson P., Mazzeo A.T., Menon D.K., Michael D.B., Muehlschlegel S., Okonkwo D.O., Park K.B., Rosenfeld J.V., Rosseau G., Rubiano A.M., Shabani H.K., Stocchetti N., Timmons S.D., Timofeev I., Uff C., Ullman J.S., Valadka A., Waran V., Wells A., Wilson M.H., Servadei F. (2019)
      Background: Two randomised trials assessing the effectiveness of decompressive craniectomy (DC) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) were published in recent years: DECRA in 2011 and RESCUEicp in 2016. As the results ...
    • Hemicraniectomy for Dominant vs Nondominant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Räty S., Georgiopoulos G., Aarnio K., Martinez-Majander N., Uhl E., Ntaios G., Strbian D. (2021)
      Objectives: Decompressive hemicraniectomy decreases mortality and severe disability from space-occupying middle cerebral artery infarction in selected patients. However, attitudes towards hemicraniectomy for dominant-hemispheric ...
    • Trepanation Practices in Asclepieia: Systematizing a Neurosurgical Innovation 

      Tsoucalas G., Kousoulis A.A., Mariolis-Sapsakos T., Sgantzos M. (2017)
      Background As ancient Greeks started looking for deities that could fulfill the pragmatic needs of common people, local heroes started being mythologized and worshipped through cults. Methods The most widespread such example ...