Catcher's mask cranioplasty for extensive cranial defects in children with an open head trauma: A novel application of partial cranioplasty

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 927-932

  Takumi, Ichiro ^a   Akimoto, Masataka ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calvarial graft; Catcher's mask; Huge cranial defect; Partial cranioplasty; Ribgraft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CATCHER MASK CRANIOPLASTY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB GRAFT; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249095060     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0574-4     Document Type: Article

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