Acute, life-threatening postoperative pneumocephalus: emergency diagnostic and therapeutic steps with underlying pathophysiology.

Br J Anaesth

Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK; UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.

Published: August 2023

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