Twist drill craniostomy with closed drainage for chronic subdural haematoma in the elderly: An effective method

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 774-778

  Ramnarayan, R ^a   Arulmurugan, B ^a   Wilson, Paul M ^a   Nayar, Rani ^a  

^a Dr SMCSI Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural haematoma; Elderly; Outcome; Twist dill craniostomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIST DRILL CRANIOSTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CRANIOTOMY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749117811     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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