Outcomes and complications based on experience with resorbable plates in pediatric craniosynostosis patients

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 855-860

  Ahmad, Nawaiz ^a,b   Lyles, James ^b,c   Panchal, Jayesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Jamaica Estates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable rigid fixation; Cranial vault remodeling; Craniosynostosis; Implant palpability; LactoSorb

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MALE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649102808     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31816ae358     Document Type: Article

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