Is postoperative haematoma an avoidable complication of intracranial surgery?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Vassilouthis, J ^a   Anagnostaras, S ^a   Papandreou, A ^a   Dourdounas, E ^a  

^a ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Controlled hypotension; Craniotomy; Neurosurgical anaesthesia; Opioid analgesia; Postoperative intracranial haematoma

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOTOMY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, CONTROLLED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032967320     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943916     Document Type: Article

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