Depressed skull fracture and epidural hematoma from head fixation with pins for craniotomy in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 917-923

  Vitali, Aleksander M ^a,b   Steinbok, Paul ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complication; Epidural hematoma; Headrest; Pediatric; Pin; Skull clamp; Skull fractures

Indexed keywords

BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYDRIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; TACHYCARDIA; TORTICOLLIS; VOMITING;

AGE FACTORS; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 47249131990     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0621-9     Document Type: Review

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