Anesthetic technique and development of pneumocephalus after posterior fossa surgery in the sitting position

Neurocirugia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-221

  Hernández Palazón, Joaquín ^a,b   Martinez Lage, J F ^a   De la Rosa Carrillo, V N ^a   Tortosa, J A ^a   Lopez F ^a   Poza, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b San Ignacio de Loyola   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Pneumocephalus; Posterior fossa surgery; Sitting position

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038149915     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(03)70540-5     Document Type: Article

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