Surgical management of depressed cranial fractures

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Bullock, M Ross ^a   Chesnut, Randall ^b   Ghajar, Jamshid ^c,i   Gordon, David ^d   Hartl, Roger ^c   Newell, David W ^e   Servadei, Franco ^f   Walters, Beverly C ^g   Wilberger, Jack ^h  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Brain Trauma Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Burr hole; Cranial fracture; Craniotomy; Depressed cranial fracture; Depressed skull fracture; Head injury; Skull fracture; Surgical technique; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BONE FRAGMENT REPLACEMENT; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOUND FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEPRESSED SKULL FRACTURE; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33645534386     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000210367.14043.0E     Document Type: Review

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