Craniotomy without tricotomy: Analysis of 640 cases;Craniotomia sem tricotomia: Avaliação de 640 casos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-107

  Dvilevicius, Amylcar E ^a,b,d   Machado, Silvio ^c   Do Rêgo, José Iram M ^a   Souza Santos, Daniel ^b   Pietrowski, Fábio ^b   Reiss, Arnaldo Dias ^b  

^a Servico de Neurocirurgia e Neurol   (Brazil)

^b HAC   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Regional do Vale da Ribeira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Hair; Infection; Tricotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASEPSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1842842402     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000100018     Document Type: Review

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