Acute posttraumatic subdural hematomas: 'Intradural' computed tomographic appearance as a favorable prognostic factor

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Domenicucci, Maurizio ^a,b   Strzelecki, Jacek Witold ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Computed tomography; Head injury; Subdural hematoma; Subdural space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031889974     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199801000-00010     Document Type: Article

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