Surgical management of chronic subdural haematoma: One hole or two?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 450-452

  Smith, Matthew D ^a   Kishikova, Lyudmila ^a   Norris, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burr hole; Chronic subdural haematoma; Craniostomy; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; ONE BURR HOLE CRANIOSTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO BURR HOLE CRANIOSTOMY;

AGED; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84867897814     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.08.005     Document Type: Review

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