Traumatic acute subdural haematomas of the posterior fossa: Clinicoradiological analysis of 24 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1037-1044

  D'Avella, D ^a,i   Servadei, F ^b   Scerrati, M ^c   Tomei, G ^d   Brambilla, G ^e   Massaro, F ^f   Stefini, R ^g   Cristofori, L ^h   Conti, A ^a   Cardali, S ^a   Tomasello, F ^a   Bullock, R ^j   Firsching, R ^j   Lobato, R D ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Acute subdural haematoma; Head injury; Outcome; Posterior fossa; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0345865258     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0150-y     Document Type: Article

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