Conservative management of significant epidural haematomas

Abstract Background Extradural haematomas form 0.5% of all head injuries (Narayan and Kempisy, Principles of Neurosurgery, 2005). With the extensive blood supply to the vein, injury to the meningeal arteries leads to rapid intracranial bleeding of significant amounts of blood. These patients have tr...

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Main Authors: Ahmad A. Moussa, Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Hosam A. Yousef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41984-018-0017-4