Emergency burr holes:

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

David Lockey³  Gareth Davies¹  David Wise¹  Mark H Wilson² 

[1] Emergency Department, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London E1 1BB, UK;Department of Neurosurgery, Imperial Hospitals NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK;School of Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK

关键词: Remote Medicine;    Extradural haematoma;    Burr Hole;   

Others  :  826644
DOI  :  10.1186/1757-7241-20-24

 received in 2011-10-24, accepted in 2012-04-02,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

This paper describes a simple approach to emergency burr hole evacuation of extra-axial intracranial haematoma that can be used in the uncommon situation when life saving specialist neurosurgical intervention is not available.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Wilson et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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