Emergency management of epidural haematoma through burr hole evacuation and drainage. A preliminary report

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-317

  Liu, J T ^a   Tyan, Y S ^a   Lee, Y K ^a   Wang, J T ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burr hole drainage; Epidural haematoma; Suction under negative pressure

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BURR HOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SKULL FRACTURE; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TUBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CRANIAL SINUSES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33644773913     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0723-z     Document Type: Article

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