Facial nerve palsy - An unusual complication after evacuation of a subdural haematoma or hygroma in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 562-566

  Klein, Andrea ^a   Balmer, Bettina ^a   Brehmer, Ulrike ^a   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Brain stem displacement; Facial nerve palsy; Subdural haematoma

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL TUMOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646726736     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0060-4     Document Type: Article

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