Bitemporal head crush injuries: Clinical and radiological features of a distinctive type of head injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-651

  Tortosa, José Gonzalez ^a   Martínez Lage, Juan F ^a   Poza, Máximo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Epistaxis; Nerve injury; Pneumocephalus; Seventh cranial nerve; Sixth cranial nerve; Skull base otorrhagia; Skull injury

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EPISTAXIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL INJURY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642286153     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.4.0645     Document Type: Review

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