Cranial-base surgery: A reconstructive algorithm

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-13

  Georgantopoulou, Anthi ^a,b   Hodgkinson, Peter D ^a,b   Gerber, Christopher C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cranial base reconstruction; Free flaps; Galeal flaps; Pericranial flaps

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DEFORMATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ENOPHTHALMOS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIQUORRHEA; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MONITORING; MUCOCELE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RISK; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SKULL INJURY; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038627612     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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