Ethylene oxide sterilization of autologous bone flaps following decompressive craniectomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 899-903

  Missori, P ^a,b   Polli, F M ^a   Rastelli, E ^a   Baiocchi, P ^a   Artizzu, S ^a   Rocchi, G ^a   Salvati, M ^a   Paolini, S ^a   Delfini, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone; Craniectomy; Ethylene oxide; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISINFECTANTS; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; SKULL; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242330358     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0118-y     Document Type: Article

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