Unusual life saving application of intra-operative ultrasound: case report.

Abstract:

:We report the case of a young woman who developed brain swelling during an ultrasound-guided craniotomy for tumour. A contralateral acute extradural haematoma was identified with the ultrasound and removed. No cause for the extradural was found.

journal_name

Br J Neurosurg

authors

Tsermoulas G,Mitchell P

doi

10.3109/02688697.2010.550964

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-06-01 00:00:00

pages

341-2

issue

3

eissn

0268-8697

issn

1360-046X

journal_volume

25

pub_type

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