Intracranial migration of fixation wires following correction of craniosynostosis in an infant

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-19

  Kosaka, Masaaki ^a   Miyanohara, Toshio ^a   Wada, Yoshitaka ^a   Kamiishi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BRACHYCEPHALY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0037324582     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-5182(02)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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