CT perfusion imaging in the syndrome of the sinking skin flap before and after cranioplasty

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-585

  Sakamoto, Shigeyuki ^a   Eguchi, Kuniki ^a   Kiura, Yoshihiro ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^a   Kurisu, Kaoru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; CT perfusion image; Sinking skin flap syndrome

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SINKING SKIN FLAP SYNDROME; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746928818     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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