Is it useful to measure supratentorial ICP in the presence of a posterior fossa lesion? Absence of transtentorial pressure gradients in an animal model

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 454-458

  Rieger, A ^a   Rainov, N G ^a   Sanchin, L ^a   Ebel, H ^b   Furka, I ^c   Gorombey Z ^c   Burkert, W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Infratentorial pressure; Intracranial pressure; Intracranial pressure gradient; Supratentorial pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SWINE;

EID: 0032860410     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943240     Document Type: Article

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