Surgical closure and reconstruction of a large occipital encephalocele without parenchymal excision

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-147

  Bozinov, Oliver ^a   Tirakotai, Wuttipong ^a   Sure, Ulrich ^a   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortex; Encephalocele; Occipital; Preservation; Reconstruction; Technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; VISION; WOUND CLOSURE;

CHILD; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844297485     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1020-5     Document Type: Article

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