title: Exploring the limits of survivability: rational indications for decompressive craniectomy and resection of cerebral contusions in adults.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California, USA.
authors.forename: Austin R T
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Colohan
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghostine
authors.forename: Domenic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors