Delayed paradoxical herniation after a decompressive craniectomy: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-296

  Vilela, Marcelo Duarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood patch; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Lumbar puncture; Paradoxical herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PARADOXICAL HERNIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 39749184817     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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