Reconstruction of a large post-traumatic cranial defect with a customized titanium plaque

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Mottaran, R ^a,b   Guarda Nardini, L ^a   Fusetti, S ^a   Ferroneto, G ^a   Salar, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial plaque; Cranial plastic; Skull defects; Titanium

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRANIOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTOPARIETAL BONE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL INJURY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TITANIUM PLAQUE;

BONE PLATES; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FRONTAL BONE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARIETAL BONE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144281343     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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