Fractures of the clivus: A contemporary series in the computed tomography era

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1063-1069

  Ochalski, Pawel G ^a   Spiro, Richard M ^a   Fabio, Anthony ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a   Okonkwo, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clivus; Cranial base; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIVUS FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74349128138     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000360154.18604.28     Document Type: Article

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