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01-06-2008 | Correspondence

Impact of traumatic lesions on intracerebral probe positioning

Author: John F. Stover

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2008

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Sir: With great interest I read the work by Longhi et al., who investigated the importance of probe location on brain tissue oxygen tension (ptiO₂) in patients with different traumatic lesions [1]. The authors address a highly important and difficult issue, as heterogeneous traumatic lesions exhibit regionally and temporally heterogeneous functional and structural alterations. To date, the impact of probe positioning on lesion-specific diagnostic and therapeutic steps remains unanswered. …

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Title: Impact of traumatic lesions on intracerebral probe positioning
Author: John F. Stover
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1073-0

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