Hydrocephalus and macrocrania: Surgical or non-surgical treatment of postshunting subdural hematoma?

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 376-382

  Puca, Alfredo ^a   Fernandez, Eduardo ^a,c   Colosimo, Cesare ^a   Lauretti, Liverana ^b   Pallini, Roberto ^a   Tamburrini, Gianpiero ^a  

^a Institute of Neurosurgery   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebro spinal fluid shunts; hydrocephalus; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0029869021     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00450-5     Document Type: Article

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