Simple and safe method of cranial reconstruction after posterior fossa craniectomy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-66

  Sheikh, Bassem Y ^a,b,c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bone dust; Bone graft; Craniectomy defect; Cranioplasty; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; HEADACHE; HEALING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY;

BONE CEMENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN DISEASES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; DUST; GELS; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29344463019     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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