Orbital-frontal delayed hemorrhagic contusions: Clinical course and neurosurgical treatment protocol

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-337

  Lee, Thomas T ^a   Villanueva, Phillip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed hemorrhagic contusion; Hyperosmolar therapy; Intracranial pressure (ICP) management; Orbito frontal contusion

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PENTOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; SEDATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION; MALE; ORBIT; PENTOBARBITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030849460     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00483-1     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Brown FD, Mullan S, Duda EE. Delayed traumatic intracerebral hematomas. J Neurosurg 1978;48:1019-22.
2. Brunetti J, Zingesser L, Dunn J, Rovit RL. Delayed intracerebral hemorrhage as demonstrated by CT scanning. Neuroradiol 1979;18:43-46.
3. Imhof HG, Wacker J, Kach K, Platz A, Trentz O. Computerized tomography follow-up in the acute phase after cranio-cerebral trauma. Helv Chir Acta. 1993;60: 195-20.
4. Lipper MH, Kishore PR, Girevendulis AK, Miller JD, Becker DP, Delayed intracranial hematoma in patients with severe head injury. Radiol 1979;133:645-9.
5. MacPherson P, Jennett B, Anderson E. CT scanning and surgical treatment of 1551 head injured patients admitted to a regional neurosurgical unit. Clin Radiol 1990;42:85-87.
6. Stratham PF, Johnston RA, MacPherson P. Delayed deterioration in patients with traumatic frontal contusions. J Neurol Neurosurg Psych 1989;52:351-4.