Cranioplasty: Cosmetic or therapeutic?

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-241

  Dujovny, Manuel ^a,b   Aviles, Alberto ^a   Agner, Celso ^a   Fernandez, Patricia ^a   Charbel, Fady T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; infection; syndrome of the trephined; trauma; tumor

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN EDEMA; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0030899201     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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