Author/Editor		Prestor, Borut
Title		Nevrokirurški principi zdravljenja hude poškodbe glave
Translated title		Neurosurgical treatment of severe head injury
Type		članek
Source		In: Bručan A, Gričar M, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 5. Zbornik 6. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 1999 jun 16-19; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. 61-7
Language		slo
Abstract		In acute stage after severe head trauma in cases with intracranial haematomas the neurosurgical procedures are essential for prevention of irreversible brain damage and brain death. Clinical and diagnostic work-up must be fast and effective. The secondary brain damage which lead to the cytotoxic brain edema should be prevented. The consequences of severe head and brain trauma, morphological changes and clinical considerations are described.
Descriptors		HEAD INJURIES BRAIN INJURIES SKULL FRACTURES HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL BRAIN EDEMA