Never neglect the atmospheric pressure effect on a brain with a skull defect

International Medical Case Reports Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-69

  Wee, Hsiao Yue ^a   Kuo, Jinn Rung ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Hydrocephalus; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SINKING SKIN FLAP SYNDROME; SKULL DEFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84897410618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1179142X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S59410     Document Type: Article

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