Objective:Tosummarizetheperi-operativeexperiencefrom53patientswithtraumaticheadinjurieswithGCSscore3-5.Methods:Fifty-threemostseverelyhead-injuredpatientswithGCSscore3-5wereadmittedtoourdepartmentandtreatedoperativelyfromOct.1994toJun.1998andthedatawereanalyzedretrospectively.Results:Thirty-sevencases(69.8%)survived,amongthem28(52.8%)hadagoodrecoveryormoderatedisability,and9(17%)hadseveredeficits.Theother16(30.2%)diedaftertherapy.Conclusions:Theprognosisofmostseverelyhead-injuredpatientscouldbeimprovedbyperi-operativetreatmentincludingpremedicalcare,earlyevacuationofintracranialhematomawithlargedecompressivecraniectomies,intracranialhypertensionmonitoring,moderatehypothermiatherapy,effectivepreventionandtreatmentofcerebralvasospasmandcomplications.
