Thomas A van Essen, Inge A M van Erp, Hester F Lingsma, Dana Pisică, John K Yue, Ranjit D Singh, Jeroen T J M van Dijck, Victor Volovici, Alexander Younsi, Angelos Kolias, Lianne D Peppel, Majanka Heijenbrok-Kal, Gerard M Ribbers, David K Menon, Peter J A Hutchinson, Geoffrey T Manley, Bart Depreitere, Ewout W Steyerberg, Andrew I R Maas, Godard C W de Ruiter, Wilco C Peul
BACKGROUND: Limited evidence existed on the comparative effectiveness of decompressive craniectomy (DC) versus craniotomy for evacuation of traumatic acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) until the recently published randomised clinical trial RESCUE-ASDH. In this study, that ran concurrently, we aimed to determine current practice patterns and compare outcomes of primary DC versus craniotomy. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of centre treatment preference within the prospective, multicentre, observational Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (known as CENTER-TBI) and NeuroTraumatology Quality Registry (known as Net-QuRe) studies, which enrolled patients throughout Europe and Israel (2014-2020)...
September 2023: EClinicalMedicine