Delayed extradural hematoma after mild head injury: Report of three cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-231

  Riesgo, Pedro ^a,c   Piquer, José ^a   Botella, Carlos ^b   Orozco, Miguel ^a   Navarro, José ^b   Cabanes, Jerónimo ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Delayed epidural hematoma; Glasgow coma scale; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; SKULL FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030961019     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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