True hemicranial decompression for severe pediatric cranial trauma: a short series of 4 cases and literature review

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-310

  Mukherjee, Kanchan Kumar ^a   Mohindra, Sandeep ^a   Gupta, Sunil Kumar ^a   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Khosla, Virender Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute SDH; Decompressive surgery; Pediatric head injury; Traumatic infarct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748042615     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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