Extended survival after evacuation of subdural hematoma in a 102-year-old patient: case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-316

  Vyas, Nilesh A ^a   Chicoine, Michael R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847017761     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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