Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Extradural Haematoma
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Extradural haematoma: effect of delayed treatment.
The case records of patients with extradural haematomas treated in the Lothian region during 1951-60 and 1968-77 were analysed to assess the effect of delay in treatment on morbidity and mortality. Delay was defined as the time from deterioration in level of consciousness to surgical evacuation of clot. There were 83 supratentorial extradural haematomas unassociated with intradural clot or cont...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1595-1103
DOI: 10.4314/njsr.v3i1.12218