Effectiveness of adjuvant corticosteroid therapy for chronic subdural hematoma: A retrospective study of 198 cases;Efficacité de la corticothérapie dans le traitement adjuvant des hématomes sous-duraux chroniques. Étude rétrospective sur 198 cas

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 477-482

  Dran, G ^a   Berthier, F ^b   Fontaine, D ^c   Rasenrarijao, D ^c   Paquis, P ^c  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University of Côte d'Azur   (France)

^c PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Chronic subdural hematoma; Corticosteroid therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849014756     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2007.09.146     Document Type: Article

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