Paradoxical herniation in wartime penetrating brain injury with concomitant skull-base trauma

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2163-2167

  Choi, Jay J ^a   Cirivello, Michael J ^a   Neal, Chris J ^a   Armonda, Rocco A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

military trauma; Paradoxical herniation; syndrome of trephined

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURE; SLEEP DISORDER; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURES; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955239781     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182323fd5     Document Type: Article

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