Vascular tunnel construction in the treatment of severe brain swelling caused by trauma and SAH. (Evidence based on intra-operative blood flow measure)

Neurological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-160

  Csókay, András ^a   Pataki, Gergely ^a   Nagy, László ^a   Belán, Katalin ^a  

^a Orszagos Traumatologiai Intezet   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Traumatic brain swelling; Vascular tunnel

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHEAR FLOW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CRANIAL SINUSES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036181248     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164102101199701     Document Type: Article

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