Continuous external CSF drainage - A perpetual problem in neurosurgery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Stangl, Armin P ^a   Meyer, Bernhard ^b   Zentner, Josef ^b   Schramm, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0032125486     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00301-7     Document Type: Article

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