Simple depressed skull fracture causing sagittal sinus stenosis and increased intracranial pressure: Case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 380-383

  Donovan, Daniel J ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressed skull fracture; Head trauma; Sagittal sinus stenosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL SURGERY; STENOSIS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

EID: 15944372191     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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