Interhemispheric hygroma after decompressive craniectomy: Does it predict posttraumatic hydrocephalus? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1287-1293

  Kaen, Ariel ^a   Jimenez Roldan, Luis ^b   Alday, Rafael ^b   Gomez, Pedro A ^b   Lagares, Alfonso ^b   Alén, José Fernández ^b   Lobato, Ramiro D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Head injury; Hydrocephalus; Subdural hygroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650086841     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.JNS10132     Document Type: Article

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