Early excision and late excision of heterotopic ossification after traumatic brain injury are equivalent: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1675-1686

  Chalidis, Byron ^a   Stengel, Dirk ^a,b   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Clinical Research   (Germany)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head trauma; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; DEMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39449137589     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0342     Document Type: Article

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