Distractor breakage in cranial distraction osteogenesis for children with craniosynostosis

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-220

  Lee, Jung Ah ^a   Park, Dong Ha ^a   Yoon, Soo Han ^a   Chung, Jaiho ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cranial expansion; Craniosynostosis; Distraction osteogenesis; Distractor breakage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; DISTRACTOR BREAKAGE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCEPHALY; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SUBDUROPERITONEAL SHUNT;

CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION;

EID: 42349105838     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121378     Document Type: Article

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