title: [Can mortality in severe traumatic brain damage be generally reduced?].
abstract: A total of 272 cases with fatal traumatic brain injuries were retrospectively analysed. 68% of the cases were outside of any form of therapy. Only the third of these fatal cases are ever seen by a neurosurgeon. In 12% of these fatal cases the outcome might have been improved by an optimum diagnosis and therapy. Prevention of these severe head injuries seems to be the only potential therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000401:mortality; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000401:mortality*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Kann die Mortalität bei schweren traumatischen Hirnschäden überhaupt mehr reduziert werden?