Prognosis in contre-coup intracranial haematomas--a clinical and radiological study of 63 patients.

Jayakumar, P N; Sastry Kolluri, V R; Basavakumar, D G; Subbakrishna, D K; Arya, B Y; Das, B S; Narayana Reddy, G N · Acta Neurochir (Wien) · 1991

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Abstract

The clinical and radiological profiles of 63 patients with contre-coup haematomas were studied. The overall mortality was 53%. The mortality in patients with contre-coup haematomas alone was only half of that found in patients with associated coup injury (80%).

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