USE of CRANIAL FIXATION PINS in PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 913-918

  Berry, Cherisse ^a   Sandberg, David I ^a   Hoh, Daniel J ^a   Krieger, Mark D ^a   McComb, J Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial fixation; Head clamp; Pin headholder; Skull clamp

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIAL FIXATION PIN; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGEON; BONE NAIL; FEMALE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BONE NAILS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 48949119515     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000318177.95288.cb     Document Type: Article

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