Acute epidural hematoma following twist-drill craniostomy for chronic subdural hematoma - A rare complication

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-292

  Shenoy, S N ^a   Raja, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CRANIOTOMY; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0242694504     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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