Penetrating intracranial wooden object: Case report and review of CT morphology, complications, and management

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 617-620

  Arunkumar, M J ^a   Selvapandian, S ^a   Rajshekhar, V ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Complications; Computed tomography; Intracranial wood; Management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; ORBIT FRACTURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0033053221     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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