Complications of brain stem surgery: Prevention and treatment

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-157

  Procaccio, Francesco ^a,b   Gambin, Roberta ^a   Gottin, Leonardo ^a   Bricolo, Albino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN STEM; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTROTOMY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0033928624     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/oy.2000.6568     Document Type: Article

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