New method of bone reconstruction designed for skull base surgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 679-685

  Charalampaki, Patra ^a   Heimann, Axel ^a   Kopacz, Laszlo ^a   Filippi, Ronald ^b   Gawish, Islam ^a   Perneczky, Axel ^a   Kempski, Oliver ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Gesellschaft für MikroNeuroChirurgie mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone reconstruction model; CSF leakage; Silicone plug; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE REMODELING; CATHETER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILASTIC TUBE; SILICONE PLUG; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOTOMY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SILICON; SKULL BASE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049134070     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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