Does volume of extradural hematoma influence management strategy and outcome?

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-445

  Dubey, Arvind ^a   Pillai, Shibu V ^a   Kolluri, Sastry V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extradural hematoma; Glasgow coma scale; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144264187     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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