A case comparison study of the subdural evacuating port system in treating chronic subdural hematomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 609-614

  Rughani, Anand I ^a   Lin, Chih ^b   Dumont, Travis M ^a   Penar, Paul L ^a   Horgan, Michael A ^a   Tranmer, Bruce I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Craniotomy; Treatment outcome; Trephining

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BUR HOLE EVACUATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCONTINENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL EVACUATING PORT SYSTEM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; DRAINAGE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; NEUROSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; DRAINAGE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956934576     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.JNS091244     Document Type: Article

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