Titanium miniplates or stainless steel wire for cranial fixation: A prospective randomized comparison

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 244-247

  Broaddus, William C ^a   Holloway, Kathryn L ^a   Winters, Charles J ^a   Bullock, M Ross ^a   Graham, R Scott ^a   Mathern, Bruce E ^a   Ward, John D ^a   Young, Harold F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial fixation; Miniplate; Osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0036119990     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.2.0244     Document Type: Article

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