Bone-like polyethelyne burr-hole cover

Neurological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-334

  Dujovny, Manuel ^b,e   Aviles, Alberto ^a,d   Cuevas, Pedro ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d University Health Center ^*  (United States)

^e DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burr hole; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Craniostomy; High density polyethylene

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; BONE GROWTH; BONE SCREW; BURR HOLE COVER; COST; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOSTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICE; IMPLANT; MORBIDITY; POROSITY; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE GROWTH;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SKULL; TITANIUM;

EID: 17144414512     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X22138     Document Type: Article

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