A combination of acute and delayed contralateral epidural hematoma
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Delayed post-operative contralateral epidural hematoma in a patient with right-sided acute subdural hematoma: a case report
Head injury is one of the leading causes of death and disability in traumatic accidents. Post-operative contralateral epidural hematomas after surgery for acute subdural hematoma seem to be rare. In this case, expansion and spontaneous resolution of a fractural epidural hematoma contralateral to the side of acute subdural hematoma is presented. The importance of immediate post-operative compute...
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عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh170316134k