Hippocrates: A pioneer in the treatment of head injuries

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-188

  Panourias, Ioannis G ^a   Skiadas, Panayiotis K ^b   Sakas, Damianos E ^b   Marketos, Spyros G ^b,c  

^a University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cranial fractures; Cranial trauma; Head injury; Hippocrates; Skull fractures; Trepanation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BANDAGE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FIRST AID; HEAD INJURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; WOUND HEALING;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; SCULPTURE;

EID: 21744440233     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163416.66374.48     Document Type: Review

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