Kuo-Hsing Liao, Cheng-Kuei Chang, Hong-Chang Chang, Kun-Chuan Chang, Chieh-Feng Chen, Tzu-Yung Chen, Chi-Wen Chou, Wen-Yu Chung, Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Kuo-Sheng Hong, Sheng-Huang Hsiao, Yu-Hone Hsu, Hsu-Lin Huang, Sheng-Chien Huang, Ching-Chang Hung, Sui-Sum Kung, Ken N Kuo, Kun-Hsing Li, Jia-Wei Lin, Tzu-Gan Lin, Chien-Min Lin, Chuan-Fa Su, Ming-Ta Tsai, Shin-Han Tsai, Yu-Chih Wang, Ta-Yu Yang, Kuo-Fan Yu, Wen-Ta Chiu
BACKGROUND: Severe TBIs are major causes of disability and death in accidents. The Brain Trauma Foundation supported the first edition of the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in 1995 and revised it in 2000. The recommendations in these guidelines are well accepted in the world. There are still some different views on trauma mechanisms, pathogenesis, and managements in different areas. Individualized guidelines for different countries would be necessary, and Taiwan is no exception...
December 2009: Surgical Neurology