Design and care of helmets in postoperative craniosynostosis patients: Our personal approach

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-487

  Jimenez, David F ^a   Barone, Constance M ^a   McGee, Maria E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN GROWTH; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; EDEMA; EYE INJURY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HELMET; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; NECK INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 3042685697     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2004.03.010     Document Type: Review

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