Single stage craniofacial reconstruction for fronto-nasal encephalocele and hypertelorism in an adult

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Agrawal, Amit ^a,b,f   Rao, K S ^c   Krishnamoorthy, B ^c   Shetty, R B ^d   Anand, M ^c   Jain, H ^e  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*

^c Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Craniofacial Surgery   (India)

^d NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e A B SHETTY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior cranial fossa; Calvarial graft; Craniofacial reconstruction; Fronto nasal encephalocele; Hypertelorism; Single stage craniofacial reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; PARANASAL SINUS; NEUROSURGERY; SKULL;

ADULT; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTELORISM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 34748851285     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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