Contralateral subdural effusion after decompressive craniectomy in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: Clinical features and outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 833-837

  Su, Tsung Ming ^a   Lee, Tsung Han ^a   Huang, Yu Hua ^a   Su, Feng Wen ^a   Chen, Wu Fu ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contralateral subdural effusion; Decompressive craniectomy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BURR HOLE CRANIECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRALATERAL SUBDURAL EFFUSION; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054039210     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31821b092a     Document Type: Article

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