Transorbital penetrating cerebral injury with a ceramic stone: Report of an interesting case

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-333

  Satyarthee, G ^a   Borkar, Sachin ^a   Tripathi, Anuj ^a   Sharma, B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Head injury; Penetrating head injury; Transorbital

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CERAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENUCLEATION; FOREIGN BODY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORBIT FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUPIL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CERAMICS; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651156024     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.53285     Document Type: Article

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