Delayed tension pneumocephalus: A rare complication of shunt surgery [10]

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-402

  Sankhla, Suresh ^a   Khan, G M ^a   Khan, M A ^a  

^a Prince Aly Khan Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 7244242354     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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