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Guidelines relating to non neurosurgical operative intervention in head-injured patients are not available for the British Isles. We present a series of seven patients with extradural haematoma operated upon in the referring hospital prior to transfer to our unit. The cases were analysed in an attempt to elucidate the efficacy of the emergency procedures and the associated problems. Recommendations are made in order to generate discussion on this aspect of head injury management.
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