Intracranial epidural haematomas in elderly patients: Observations in 14 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1055-1060

  Hamlat, A ^a   Mazzon, A ^a   Adn, M ^a   Morandi, X ^a   Riffaud, L ^a   Guegan, Y ^a   Brassier, G ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Extra dural haematoma; Intracranial; Pathophysiology; Results

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELENCEPHALON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25444456641     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0601-8     Document Type: Article

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