Tension pneumocephalus after intracraneal surgery in the supine position;Neumoencéfalo a tensión tras cirugía intracraneal en posición supina

Neurocirugia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 596-599

  Hernández Palazón, Joaquin ^a,b   Nuno De La Rosa Carrillo V ^a   Martinez Lage J F ^a   Lopez Hernandez F ^a   Perez Espejo M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b San Ignacio de Loyola   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intracranial surgery complications; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Supine position; Supratentorial craniotomy; Tension pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUPINE POSITION; TENSION PNEUMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 11144310559     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(04)70452-2     Document Type: Article

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