Cranial burr holes and emergency craniotomy: Review of indications and technique

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-19

  Donovan, Daniel J ^a   Moquin, Ross R ^b   Ecklund, James M ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMATOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERRORISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; WAR;

EID: 32944455690     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.1.12     Document Type: Review

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