Intracystic pressure in patients with temporal arachnoid cysts: A prospective study of preoperative complaints and postoperative outcome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 620-623

  Helland, Christian A ^a,b   Wester, Knut ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPOBARISM; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249736923     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.101865     Document Type: Article

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