Relationship between decompressive craniectomy and hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Takeuchi, Satoru ^a   Otani, Naoki ^a   Nawashiro, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; STROKE;

DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79955049788     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182124403     Document Type: Letter

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