Study of the Long-Term Results of Decompressive Craniectomy after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Based on a Series of 60 Consecutive Cases

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%
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.