Single versus bilateral external ventricular drainage for intraventricular fibrinolysis in severe ventricular haemorrhage

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-108

  Staykov, D ^a   Huttner, H B ^a   Lunkenheimer, J ^a   Volbers, B ^a   Struffert, T ^a   Doerfler, A ^a   Ganslandt, O ^a   Juettler, E ^b   Schwab, S ^a   Bardutzky, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DRAINAGE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449100147     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.168427     Document Type: Article

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