Delayed repair of open depressed skull fracture

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 294-297

  Curry, Daniel J ^a   Frim, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Depressed skull fracture; Pediatric head trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033503330     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028878     Document Type: Article

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