Seizures after evacuation of subdural hematomas: Incidence, risk factors, and functional impact: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 455-460

  Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Chung, Seung Young ^b   Rudzinski, Leslie A ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Outcome analysis; Seizure incidence; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149116518     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.JNS09392     Document Type: Article

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