Emergency burr holes: "How to do it"

Mark H Wilson; David Wise; Gareth Davies; David Lockey

doi:10.1186/1757-7241-20-24

Emergency burr holes: "How to do it"

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2012 Apr 2:20:24. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-24.

Authors

Mark H Wilson¹, David Wise, Gareth Davies, David Lockey

Affiliation

¹ London's Air Ambulance, The Helipad, The Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK.

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.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Craniotomy / methods*
Drainage / methods*
Emergencies*
Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / surgery*
Humans