Cranioplasty using polymethyl methacrylate prostheses

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-63

  Lee, Sai Cheung ^a   Wu, Chieh Tsai ^a   Lee, Shih Tseng ^a   Chen, Po Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Computer aided manufacturing; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Polymethyl methacrylate; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56849095796     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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