Modern problems of diagnostics and surgical treatment of patients with multifocal injuries of a brain with polytrauma

Abstract

Severe head traumas in combination with multiple injuries of polytrauma are important factors for the prognosis of morbidity and mortality in patients. The prognosis mainly depends on the presence of primary mechanic brain injury and the development of secondary brain damage. In patients with traumatic brain injury, intracranial hypertension against multifocal injuries secondary to cerebral edema is a major problem. We have made literature review.