Usefulness of scalp expansion for cranioplasty in a case with postinfection large calvarial defect: a case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-295

  Miyazawa, Takahito ^a   Azuma, Ryuichi ^a   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a   Kiyosawa, Tomoharu ^a   Shima, Katsuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Meningioma; Scalp expander; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CALVARIA; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SCALP; SKULL DEFECT; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND INFECTION;

APHASIA; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 33847076496     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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