CRediT contribution statement
Peter Hutchinson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-1835): Conceptualisation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualisation, Writing – reviewing and editing.
Harry Mee (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-3962): Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Visualisation, Writing – original draft, Writing – reviewing and editing.
Hadie Adams (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-9026): Conceptualisation, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Visualisation.
Midhun Mohan (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1865-8623): Writing – reviewing and editing.
Bhagavatula I Devi (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3272-2465): Investigation, Supervision.
Christopher Uff (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9787-8001): Investigation, Supervision.
Shumaila Hasan (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-703X): Investigation, Supervision.
Mark Wilson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-4911): Investigation, Supervision.
Deepak Gupta (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-5668): Investigation, Supervision.
Diederik Bulters (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9884-9050): Investigation, Supervision.
Ardalan H Zolnourian (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0428-179X): Investigation, Supervision.
Catherine McMahon (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-7249): Investigation, Supervision.
Matthew Stovell (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4172-4617): Investigation, Supervision.
Yahia Al-Tamimi (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9014-2728): Investigation, Supervision.
Manoj Tewari (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8963-5998): Investigation, Supervision.
Manjul Tripathi (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-3439): Investigation, Supervision.
Simon Thomson (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-1961): Investigation, Supervision.
Edoardo Viaroli (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-4846): Investigation, Supervision.
Karen Caldwell (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-8773): Data curation, Project administration, Resources.
Antonio Belli (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3211-9933): Conceptualisation, Investigation, Supervision.
Andrew King (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-7248): Conceptualisation.
Adel Helmy (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0531-0556): Investigation, Supervision.
Ivan Timofeev (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1168-0393): Investigation, Supervision.
Sarah Pyne (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-9125): Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualisation, Writing – original draft, Writing – reviewing and editing.
Dhaval Shukla (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-1929): Investigation, Supervision.
Dhananjaya I Bhat (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-8311): Investigation, Supervision.
Andrew Maas (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1612-1264): Conceptualisation, Supervision.
Franco Servadei (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3595-3464): Conceptualisation, Investigation, Supervision.
Geoffrey Manley: Conceptualisation, Supervision.
Garry Barton (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9040-011X): Conceptualisation, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualisation, Writing – original draft, Writing – reviewing and editing.
David Turner (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1689-4147): Conceptualisation, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualisation, Writing – original draft, Writing – reviewing and editing.
Natalia Igosheva (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-7879): Resources.
Alicia Gore (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1991-6719): Resources.
Tapiwa Tungamirai: Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software.
Kerstin Wolf (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-6532): Resources, Data curation, Project administration, Software.
Carol Davis-Wilkie (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7315-4025): Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – reviewing and editing.
Kamila Walker: Resources, Data curation, Software.
Michelle Jillings (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0438-2256): Resources.
Christopher Bushell (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2723-597X): Resources, Data curation, Software.
Carole Turner (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8297-4890): Conceptualisation, Project administration, Writing – reviewing and editing.
David Menon (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3228-9692): Conceptualisation, Supervision.
Barbara Gregson (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4868-9137): Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – reviewing and editing.
Angelos Kolias (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3992-0587): Conceptualisation, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualisation, Writing – reviewing and editing.
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Ethics statement
This research has been conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was granted from NRES committee North West – Haydock for the trial on 17 July 2014, REC references were UK Ref 14 NW 1076, and Scotland REC Ref 15 SS 0193.
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Disclosure of interests
Full disclosure of interests: Completed ICMJE forms for all authors, including all related interests, are available in the toolkit on the NIHR Journals Library report publication page at https://doi.org/10.3310/GJPH0512.
Primary conflicts of interest: Peter Hutchinson was a member of the HTA IP Panel (1 January 2016–31 May 2018) and HTA Prioritisation Committee B (in hospital) (1 January 2016–31 March 2022).
Garry Barton was a member of the HTA General Committee (1 March 2023–30 November 2026).
CTUs funded by NIHR (end date 31 August 2021).
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Publications
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Kolias AG, Rubiano AM, Figaji A, Servadei F, Hutchinson PJ. Traumatic brain injury: global collaboration for a global challenge. Lancet Neurol 2019;18:136–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30494-0
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Smith M, Servadei F, Hutchinson PJ. What is new in decompressive craniectomy in neurological emergencies: the good, the bad and the ugly. Intensive Care Med 2020;46:1023–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05933-7
Birchall M, Blazeby J, Blencowe N, Donovan J, Elliott D, Jepson M, et al. Understanding risks, mitigation and innovation for surgery in a COVID-19 world. Br J Surg 2020;107:e247. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11691
Iaccarino C, Kolias A, Adelson PD, Rubiano AM, Viaroli E, Buki A, et al. Consensus statement from the international consensus meeting on post-traumatic cranioplasty. Acta Neurochir 2021;163:423–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04663-5
Mohan M, Layard Horsfall H, Solla DJF, Robertson FC, Adeleye AO, Teklemariam TL, et al. Decompressive craniotomy: an international survey of practice. Acta Neurochir 2021;163:1415–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04783-6
Mishra T, Kishore K, Jayan M, Thaploo D, Shanbhag NC, Bhat DI, et al. When the bone flap expands like bellows of accordion: feasibility study using novel technique of expansile (hinge) craniotomy for severe traumatic brain injury. Neurol India. 2021;69:973–8. https://doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.325310
Clark D, Joannides A, Adeleye AO, Bajamal AH, Bashford T, Biluts H, et al. Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study Collaborative. Casemix, management, and mortality of patients receiving emergency neurosurgery for traumatic brain injury in the Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study: a prospective observational cohort study. Lancet Neurol 2022;21:438–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00037-0
Hutchinson PJ, Adams H, Mohan M, Devi BI, Uff C, Hasan S, et al. Decompressive Craniectomy versus Craniotomy for Acute Subdural Hematoma. New Engl J Med 2023;388:2219–29. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2214172
Pyne SC, Barton GR, Turner DA, Mee H, Gregson B, Kolias AG, et al. on behalf of the RESCUE-ASDH Trial Collaborators. Cost-effectiveness of craniotomy versus decompressive craniectomy, for UK patients with traumatic acute subdural hematoma. BMJ Open 2024;14:e085084. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085084
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