When Decompressive Craniectomy Does Not Lead to Decompression: Sinking Skin Flap Syndrome after Intracerebral Hemorrhage

European Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 319-

  Staykov, Dimitre ^a   Huttner, Hagen B ^a   Kollmar, Rainer ^a   Ganslandt, Oliver ^b   Doerfler, Arnd ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^a   Köhrmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Practice of Neurosurgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Sinking skin flap syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINKING SKIN FLAP SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN; SYNDROME;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SYNDROME;

EID: 78049404611     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321964     Document Type: Note

References (1)

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