Giant cervical epidural veins after craniectomy for head trauma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 903-906

  Caruso, Ronald D ^a   Smith, Mark V ^b   Chang, Ja Kwei ^a   Wasenko, John J ^a   Rosenbaum, Arthur E ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOGENESIS; SPINAL CORD; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; ARM; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; VASODILATION; VEINS;

EID: 0032471922     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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