Traumatic epidural hematomas of the posterior cranial fossa

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Karasu, Aykut ^a   Sabanci, Pulat Akin ^a   Izgi, Nail ^a   Imer, Murat ^a   Sencer, Altay ^a   Cansever, Tufan ^a   Canbolat, Ali ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epidural hematoma; Head trauma; Posterior cranial fossa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTERIOR FOSSA; TRAUMATIC HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39749089980     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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