Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (Apr 2012)

Emergency burr holes: "How to do it"

  • Wilson Mark H,
  • Wise David,
  • Davies Gareth,
  • Lockey David

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-20-24
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
p. 24

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Abstract This paper describes a simple approach to emergency burr hole evacuation of extra-axial intracranial haematoma that can be used in the uncommon situation when life saving specialist neurosurgical intervention is not available.

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