Cranioplasty for patients developing large cranial defects combined with post-traumatic hydrocephalus after head trauma

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-337

  Li, G ^a   Wen, L ^a   Zhan, R Y ^a   Shen, F ^a   Yang, X F ^a   Fu, W M ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Post traumatic hydrocephalus; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MALE; SCALP; SKULL DEFECT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 41349113192     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050801958353     Document Type: Article

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