Depressed skull fracture and epidural haematoma: An unusual post-operative complication of pin headrest in an adult

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-103

  Sade, B ^a   Mohr, G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complication; Depressed fracture; Epidural haematoma; Headrest; Pin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE;

ADULT; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 12444255192     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0348-7     Document Type: Article

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