Epidural hematoma and depressed skull fracture resulted from pin headrest - A rare complication: Case report

Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 584-586

  Tang, Chi Tun ^a   Hsieh, Cheng Ta ^a   Chiang, Yung Hsiao ^a   Su, Yih Huei ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complication; Depressed fracture; Epidural hematoma; Headrest; Pin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DROWSINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FIXATION DEVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

EID: 55049109567     PISSN: 12107859     EISSN: 18024041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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