Meta-analysis of hemorrhagic complications from ventriculostomy placement by neurosurgeons

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Bauer, David F ^a   Razdan, Shantanu N ^a   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^a   Markert, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Meta analysis; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79960360082     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821a45ba     Document Type: Article

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