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Decompressive Craniectomy

"Decompressive Craniectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Excision of part of the skull. This procedure is used to treat elevated intracranial pressure that is unresponsive to conventional treatment.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decompressive Craniectomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Decompressive Craniectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2012 and 2014 and 2021
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