Local skull trephination before transfer is associated with favorable outcomes in cerebral herniation from epidural hematoma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Nelson, James A ^a,b  

^a Pioneers Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL TREPHINATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRAINAGE; ENCEPHALOCELE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING;

EID: 78651372182     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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