Outcome after acute traumatic subdural and epidural haematoma in Switzerland: A single-centre experience

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Taussky, Philipp ^a   Widmer, Hansrudolf ^a   Takala, Jukka ^a   Fandino, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidural haematoma; Subdural haematoma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMATIC HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649145488     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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