Nonoperative management of epidural hematomas and subdural hematomas: Is it safe in lesions measuring one centimeter or less?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-372

  De Souza, Michelle ^a   Moncure, Michael ^b,c   Lansford, Todd ^b   Albaugh, Gregory ^a   Tarnoff, Michael ^a   Goodman, Martin ^a   Endress, Ryan ^b   Ross, Steven E ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mail Stop 1011 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANCHO LOS AMIGOS SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547893112     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318124a95b     Document Type: Article

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