Reconstruction of a large complex skull defect in a child: A case report and literature review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1097-1102

  de Oliveira, Ricardo Santos ^a   Brigato, Rodrigo ^a   Gurjão Madureira, João Flávio ^a   Velasco Cruz, Antonio Augusto ^a   de Mello Filho, Francisco Veríssimo ^a   Alonso, Nivaldo ^a   Machado, Helio Rubens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Craniofacial reconstruction; Cranioplasty; Implants; Skull defects

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCERAMICS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CERAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN ULCER; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548650080     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0413-7     Document Type: Article

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