title: Better outcome of patients with traumatic hematomas of the posterior fossa?
abstract: Within 10 years nearly 500 intracranial hematomas were operated, only 44 concerned the posterior fossa - and only 26 were of traumatic origin. Retrospective observations show that the suspected poor prognosis does not exist as is believed. Factors predicting the outcome are described.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Clinic, Christian Albrecht University Kiel/Germany.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Braunsdorf
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D006801:Humans; D015996:Survival Rate