Decompressive craniectomy vs medical treatment: Mortality at 6 months
Decompressive craniectomy probably leads to lower mortality at 6 months compared with medical treatment only (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Decompressive craniectomy vs medical treatment only Mortality at 6 months · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8… Decompressive craniectomy probably leads to lower mortality at 6 months compared with medical treatment only (moderate certainty). Decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of high intracranial pressure in closed traumatic brain injury (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.66 | 3 studies · 571 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of high intracranial pressure in closed traumatic brain injury 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.