Cranioplasty using the patient's autogenous bone preserved by freezing - An examination of post-operative infection rates

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-169

  Nagayama, Kazuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Gakushi ^a   Somekawa, Ken ^a   Kohno, Michihiro ^a   Segawa, Hiromu ^a   Sano, Keiji ^a   Shiokawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Saito, Isamu ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autogenous bone; Cranioplasty; Infection; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CRANIOPLASTY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036162797     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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