On the basis of observation of 65 patients with focal traumatic injury to the brain (hematoma of mater encephali was noted in 24, intracerebral--in 27, a focus of type III brain contusion--in 24, type IV--in 11, multiple hematomas and foci on contusion-crush--in 21), the criteria for their non-surgical treatment have been substantiated. Choice of a method for the treatment depends on the sizes of a hematoma, focus of contusion-crush, location of an injury, degree of its influence on the brain structures (deformation, shift), value of intracerebral pressure, dynamics of the clinico-roentgenologic symptoms.
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