The incidence, volume, absorption, and timing of supratentorial pneumocephalus during posterior fossa neurosurgery conducted in the sitting position

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-66

  Sloan, Tod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pneumocephalus; Posterior fossa neurosurgery; Sitting position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SUPRATENTORIAL PNEUMOCEPHALUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DRAINAGE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149134796     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181ba99a7     Document Type: Article

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