Factors affecting graft infection after cranioplasty

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1115-1119

  Cheng, Yu Kai ^a   Weng, Hsu Huei ^a,c   Yang, Jen Tsung ^a,b   Lee, Ming Hsueh ^a   Wang, Ting Chung ^a   Chang, Chen Nen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Cryopreserved bone; Polymethylmethacrylate; Swab cultures

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 50249127682     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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