Spinal pneumorrhachis

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-74

  Cayli S R ^a,b   Kocak A ^a   Kutlu, R ^a   Tekiner, A ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head injury; Pneumocephalus; Pneumorrhachis; Skull base fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; OTORRHEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SPINAL PNEUMORRHACHIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0038029761     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688690309177976     Document Type: Article

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