Vault reduction cranioplasty for extreme hydrocephalic macrocephaly

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 332-337

  Mathews, Marlon S ^a   Loudon, William G ^a,b   Muhonen, Michael G ^a,b   Sundine, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Hydrocephalus; Macrocephaly; Pediatric neurosurgery; Vault reconstruction; Vault reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKULL;

CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 35548985839     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.107.4.332     Document Type: Article

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