Reconstruction of a cranial bone defect with hydroxyapatite and free flap transfer

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-145

  Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Matsumoto, Khoichi ^b   Song, Shitetsu ^a   Tajima, Sadao ^a   Ohmura, Takehisa ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial bone defect; Extradural dead space; Frontobasal fracture; Hydroxyapatite; Vastus lateralis muscle flap

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; TEMPORAL BONE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030963194     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199703000-00015     Document Type: Article

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