Intracranial penetrating injury associated with an intraoperative epidural haematoma caused by a spring-laden pin of a multipoise headrest

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 425-428

  Erbayraktar, S ^a   Gokmen N ^a   Acar, U ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Epidural haematoma; Head holder; Penetrating injury

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EQUIPMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035487936     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690120000000     Document Type: Article

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