Orbito-cranial injuries caused by penetrating non-missile foreign bodies. Experience with eighteen patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 937-941

  Chibbaro, S ^a   Tacconi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cranio cerebral; Non missile; Orbito cranial; Orbito facial; Penetrating

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHASIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL FRACTURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748348163     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-0794-5     Document Type: Review

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