No Routine Postoperative Head CT following Elective Craniotomy--A Paradigm Shift?

No Routine Postoperative Head CT following Elective Craniotomy--A Paradigm Shift?

INTRODUCTION:Patient management following elective cranial surgery often includes routine postoperative computed tomography (CT). We analyzed whether a regime of early extubation and close neurological monitoring without routine CT is safe, and compared the rate of postoperative emergency neurosurgi...

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Main Authors: Ralph T Schär, Michael Fiechter, Werner J Z'Graggen, Nicole Söll, Vladimir Krejci, Roland Wiest, Andreas Raabe, Jürgen Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4831779?pdf=render

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