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  • Title: [Postoperative results following severe craniocerebral trauma].
    Author: Meier U, Knopf W, Klötzer R, Gärtner F, Rumpf G, Knauer S, Traebert S.
    Journal: Zentralbl Chir; 1991; 116(14):845-54. PubMed ID: 1950219.
    Abstract:
    918 patients were operated because a severe head injury in our Neurotraumatological Clinic during a period of 12 years. 733 patients (80 per cent) could been evaluated as well with regard to the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Glasgow Outcome Scale as analysed in four diagnose groups corresponding to the period of live. Patients with epidural haematoma and open head injuries showed a better forecast than patients with acute subdural haematoma. Those with contusion of the brain and less than 8 points in the Glasgow Coma Scale or those in a higher age had a bad prognosis.
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