External Lumbar Drainage following Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Jetan BadhiwalaAngela Lumba BrownGregory W J HawrylukJamshid Ghajar

Published in: Neurosurgery (2021)

Given preliminary data indicating potential safety and feasibility in highly selected cases, the use of ELD in adults with severe TBI and refractory intracranial hypertension in the presence of open basal cisterns and absence of large focal hematoma merits further high-quality investigation; the ideal conditions for potential application remain to be determined.

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