Das Schädel-Hirn-Trauma. Teil II: Indikation zur operativen Behandling und Operationstechnik.

A systematic classification of operative indications of craniocerebral injuries is presented for general surgeons, who see these patients in the first place. Special reference is given to timing and technical difficulties in the operative management. The operative technique of acute infracranial haemorrhages and depressed skull fractures is described.