@article{ref1,
title="In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Decompressive Hemicraniectomies as a Damage Control Approach for Multilobar Firearm Projectile Injuries: A Single-Center Experience"",
journal="World neurosurgery",
year="2023",
author="Bertani, Raphael and Koester, Stefan W. and Perret, Caio and Pilon, Barbara and Batista, Sávio and Brocco, Breno and Barbosa, Maurício and Maria, Paulo Santa and Von Zuben, Daniela and Costa Ferreira-Pinto, Pedro Henrique and Monteiro, Ruy",
volume="179",
number="",
pages="242-243",
abstract="Lack of International Guidelines  The lack of international guidelines is precisely the reason why studies like ours are a necessity. With time, effort, and interest in future multicentric studies, developing guidelines should be a possibility, starting with small studies in part of a natural progression.   Differentiating War-Related and Civilian Penetrating Brain Injuries  Unfortunately, in our demographic area, civilian and military wounds coexist, due to the ability of criminals acquiring high-velocity firearms and a myriad of irregular bullets.1, 2, 3 Therefore both types of injuries coexist, and they were not entirely differentiated in our study.   Role of Decompressive Hemicraniectomy  Our study aims to endorse DHC to be considered a possible approach for multilobar injuries in young patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale >5. We did acknowledge that patients were heavily selected due to belonging to very a specific population, making it less feasible to establish comparison, and that further prospective studies are needed...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1878-8750",
doi="10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.117",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.117"
}