Is there a way to avoid surgical complications of twist drill craniostomy for evacuation of a chronic subdural hematoma?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 597-599

  Sucu, H K ^a,b   Gokmen M ^a   Ergin, A ^a   Bezircioglu H ^a   Gokmen A ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Surgical complication; Twist drill craniostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DRILL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREPHINING;

EID: 34249709410     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1162-9     Document Type: Article

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