Incidence of silent hemorrhage and delayed deterioration after stereotactic brain biopsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^b   Guha, Abhijit ^b   Lozano, Andres ^b   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Computerized tomography scanning; Intracranial hemorrhage; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031859190     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.1.0031     Document Type: Article

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