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[Multiple traumatic intracranial hematomas].

A P Romodanov·E G Pedachenko
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An analysis of 133 cases furnished a background to the study of features specific for the clinical course, symptomatology, diagnosis and surgical treatment of patients with multiple traumatic intracranial hematomas. The available clinical material was scrutinized in 3 groups of cases under observation (with "floor-wise", bilateral and "neighbouring" multiple intracranial hematomas) by using a complex set of up-to-date auxilliary diagnostic methods of investigation (EEG, echoencephalography, serial angiography, etc). The results of the surgical treatment were studied depending upon the specificity marking the clinical evolution of the disease, as well as upon the method and technique of the operative intervention.

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A P Romodanov, E G Pedachenko. [Multiple traumatic intracranial hematomas].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1162939/

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