Pin site bilateral epidural hematoma-A rare complication of using Mayfield clamp in neurosurgery

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-651

  Naik, Vikas ^a   Goyal, Nishant ^a   Agrawal, Deepak ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MAYFIELD CLAMP; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIN SITE HEMATOMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053404448     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.84368     Document Type: Letter

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