49. Surgical Indication for Massive Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage After Craniotomies
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Intracerebral hemorrhage is a common disease. We give a short review of primary haemorrhages under neurosurgical aspects. Neurological symptoms depend on localisation and size of the hematoma. Only a subgroup of intracerebral haemorrhages is treated surgically. The STICH-trial tried to differentiate, in which cases the hematoma should be removed surgically. Surgical treatment could be performed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.11.148