Contralateral acute epidural hematoma after decompressive surgery of acute subdural hematoma: Clinical features and outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1298-1302

  Su, Thung Ming ^a   Lee, Tsung Han ^a   Chen, Wu Fu ^a   Lee, Tao Chen ^a   Cheng, Ching Hsiao ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute epidural hematoma; Acute subdural hematoma; Decompressive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650581203     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815885d9     Document Type: Article

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