Studies on the Posttraumatic Cerebral Atrophy. Relation Between the Degree of Cerebral Atrophy and the Duration of Consciousness Disturbances

Purpose and method： The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between the degree of cerebral atrophy and the duration of conscious disturbances of 18 cases. These cases were divided into 4 groups. First group： only cerebral contusion (5 cases). Second group： cerebral contusion and in...

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Published inNeurologia medico-chirurgica Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 193 - 194
Main Authors Takuro YOSHIDA, Hidekatsu MATSUMURA, Hisaya MIYAZAKI
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published THE JAPAN NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY 1971
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Summary:Purpose and method： The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between the degree of cerebral atrophy and the duration of conscious disturbances of 18 cases. These cases were divided into 4 groups. First group： only cerebral contusion (5 cases). Second group： cerebral contusion and intracranial hematoma (5 cases). Third group： cerebral contusion and depressed fracture (5 cases). Fourth group： cerebral contusion and without direct cerebral displacement by shock (3 cases). These four groups were studied by neurological examination, carotid angiography, and pneumoencephalography.
ISSN:0470-8105