A technique for rigid fixation of methyl methacrylate cranioplasty: The vault-locking method

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-315

  Gibbons, Kevin J ^a   Hicks Jr , Wesley L ^a   Guterman, Lee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Methyl methacrylate; Skull defect

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032847201     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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