Cranial access procedures without shaving scalp hair

Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Faheem, Mohammad ^a   Zafar, Muhammed Rafay ^a,b   Othman, Hassan ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Hair and infection; Scalp; Shaving

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 84861050589     PISSN: 13196995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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