Cranial subdural hygroma complicating thoracic disc surgery: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2033-2037

  Samandouras, George ^a   Bajtajic, Vladan ^b   Cross, Frank ^b   Hamlyn, Peter John ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GELATIN SPONGE; SPONGOSTAN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIAL SUBDURAL HYGROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUROTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4544260925     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200409000-00024     Document Type: Article

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