A case of brain herniation due to delayed bone flap sinking

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 923-926

  Anei, Ryogo ^a   Uemori, Genki ^a   Orimoto, Ryosuke ^a   Saito, Masato ^a   Hirosima, Satosi ^a   Mitsui, Nobuyuki ^a   Hayasi, Yosimitu ^a   Sato, Masao ^a   Hododuka, Akira ^a   Kamada, Kyousuke ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone flap sinking; Brain herniation; Fixation of bone flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; SINKING FLAP SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BONE AND BONES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 78049345808     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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