Retrospective study of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis treated over a 10-year period

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-148

  Breugem, Corstiaan C ^a   Van R Zeeman, Bennie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cranial defects; Craniofacial surgery; Cranioplasty; Craniosynostosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033060020     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199903000-00010     Document Type: Article

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