title: [Brain function recovery after prolonged posttraumatic coma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of brain function recovery in patients after prolonged posttraumatic coma and with long-unconscious states.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-seven patients after prolonged posttraumatic coma were followed-up for two years. An analysis of a clinical/neurological picture after a prolonged episode of coma was based on the dynamics of vital functions, neurological status and patient's reactions to external stimuli.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the dynamics of the clinical/neurological picture that shows the recovery of functions of the certain brain areas, three stages of brain function recovery after a prolonged episode of coma were singled out: brain stem areas, diencephalic areas and telencephalic areas. These functional/anatomic areas of brain function recovery after prolonged coma were compared to the present classifications.
authors.affiliation: Polenov`s Russian Neurosurgical Scientific Research Institute, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Klimash
authors.affiliation: Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Zhanaidarov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult