The aim of this trial is to determine the effectiveness of an operation (decompressive craniectomy), compared to medical management alone, to treat brain swelling and improve outcome. We hope that this will better define the indications for treatment and the future management of these patients with traumatic brain injury.
 
This study has been approved by the UK Multi Centre Research Ethics Committee (Eastern Region) and is registered with the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number Register (ISRCTN66202560).
 

RESCUEicp is an international multicentre study and new centers are welcome to take part. Please contact Mr Peter Hutchinson for further details.

(Certificate of participation in the study for personal portfolio / CV can be issued to any collaborator - please contact Liz Corteen or Angelos Kolias)

The RESCUEicp study protocol and progress will be presented at the following forthcoming conferences:

• 14th International Conference on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring,
  Tubingen, Germany 12-16th September 2010 (Decompressive craniectomy seminar on 13th September 2010)
  
  
• SBNS Autumn meeting, London, 8-10 September 2010
  
  
• Focus conference in Craniocerebral Trauma, Rome, 23-24 September 2010
  
  
• SBNS British Neurotrauma Group meeting, Cambridge, 1st October 2010
  
  
• Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons Annual meeting, San Francisco, 16-21 October 2010

   

Study information in other languages:

Russian

Czech

Italian

Spanish

Portuguese