Craniectomy: Surgical indications and technique

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-15

  Holland, Martin ^b   Nakaji, Peter ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INCISION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3042709627     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otns.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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