Cranioplasty of large cranial defect at an early stage after decompressive craniectomy performed for severe head trauma

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 526-532

  Liang, Wen ^a,b   Xiaofeng, Yang ^a,b   Weiguo, Liu ^b   Gang, Shen ^b   Xuesheng, Zheng ^a,b   Fei, Cao ^b   Gu, Li ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL INJURY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249801748     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3180534348     Document Type: Article

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