Important trial dealing with the contentious issue of decompressive craniectomy for diffuse traumatic brain injury. Cooper et al. New England Journal of Medicine 2011.

“In adults with severe diffuse traumatic brain injury and refractory intracranial hypertension, early bifrontotemporoparietal decompressive craniectomy decreased intracranial pressure and the length of stay in the ICU but was associated with more unfavorable outcomes”