title: [Clinical features and therapeutic measures of diffuse brain swelling in severe craniocerebral trauma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical features of diffuse brain swelling following severe craniocerebral trauma and explore the optimized treatment protocols.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 134 cases of craniocerebral trauma with diffuse brain swelling receiving surgical treatment (n=76) and conservative therapy (n=580) were analyzed retrospectively for the clinical outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 76 surgical patients, 55 survived with a survival rate of 72.4% as compared with the rate of (75.9%, 43/58) in the conservative therapy group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early implementation of comprehensive measures is of critical importance in the management of severe craniocerebral trauma with diffuse brain swelling.
authors.affiliation: Department Of Neurosurgery, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zhuhai 519100, China.
authors.forename: Lu-Cheng
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Wei-Xian
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jin-Quan
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Wen-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D055815:Young Adult