Table 5.
Review of the literature presenting the various series of decompressive craniectomies performed in the setting of severe traumatic brain injury.
| Author, year | n | Age | GCS | Rand | GOS 4-5 | GOS 2-3 | GOS 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kjellberg and Prieto Jr., 1971 [17] | 73 | 3 months–84 years | NR | No | NR | NR | 72.0% |
| Polin et al., 1997 [19] | 35 | 18.7 years | 5.62 | No | 37.0% | 40.0% | 23.0% |
| Guerra et al., 1999 [15] | 57 | <50 years | NR | No | 58.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| De Luca et al., 2000 [13] | 22 | NR | NR | No | 41.0% | 41.0% | 18.0% |
| Taylor et al., 2001 [21] | 13 | 121 months | 5 ± 2 | Yes | 54.0% | NR | NR |
| Schneider et al., 2002 [20] | 62 | 36.6 years | 6 | No | 29.1% | 48.4% | 22.5% |
| Albanèse et al., 2003 [9] | 27 | 32 ± 15 years | 5 ± 2 | No | 19% | 30% | 52% |
| Aarabi et al., 2006 [8] | 50 | 25.3 years | 7 | No | 40.0% | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| Chibbaro and Tacconi, 2007 [11] | 48 | 47 [18–66] years | 7 | No | 40.0% | 45.0% | 15.0% |
| Olivecrona et al., 2007 [18] | 21 | 39.1 years | 6.5 | No | 71.5% | 11.4% | 14.3% |
| Ho et al., 2008 [16] | 16 | 38 [20–72] years | 5 [3–7] | No | 31% | 31.5% | 37.5% |
| Bao et al., 2010 [10] | 37 | NR | NR | No | 54.1% | 27.0% | 18.9% |
| Cooper et al., 2011 [12] | 73 | <60 years | NR | Yes | 30.0% | 51.0% | 19.0% |
| Ecker et al., 2011 [14] | 33 | 24 [19–46] years | 5 [3–14] | No | 60.0% | 17.0% | 23.0% |
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| Our series 2013 | 60 | 33 [2–64] years | 7.23 | No | 50.0% | 21.7% | 28.3% |
n: number of patients; GCS: mean initial Glasgow Coma Scale score; Rand: randomization; GOS: Glasgow Outcome Scale; ±x: standard deviation; [x–y]: range.