Clinical features and therapeutic measures of diffuse brain swelling in severe craniocerebral trauma / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinical features of diffuse brain swelling following severe craniocerebral trauma and explore the optimized treatment protocols.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 134 cases of craniocerebral trauma with diffuse brain swelling receiving surgical treatment (n=76) and conservative therapy (n=580) were analyzed retrospectively for the clinical outcomes.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 76 surgical patients, 55 survived with a survival rate of 72.4% as compared with the rate of (75.9%, 43/58) in the conservative therapy group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Early implementation of comprehensive measures is of critical importance in the management of severe craniocerebral trauma with diffuse brain swelling.</p>