Mechanics of acute subdural hematomas resulting from bridging vein rupture

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 950-956

  Depreitere, Bart ^a,b   Van Lierde, Carl ^a   Vander Sloten, Jos ^a   Van Audekercke, Remy ^a   Van Der Perre, Georges ^a   Plets, Christiaan ^a   Goffin, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute subdural hematoma; Biomechanical testing; Bridging vein rupture; Head injury; Rotational acceleration

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VEIN RUPTURE;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ROTATION; RUPTURE;

EID: 33744724617     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.6.950     Document Type: Article

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