Comparative study of outcomes between shunting after cranioplasty and in cranioplasty after shunting in large concave flaccid cranial defect with hydrocephalus

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Oh, Chang Hyun ^a   Park, Chong Oon ^a   Hyun, Dong Keun ^a   Park, Hyung Chun ^a   Yoon, Seung Hwan ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Large flaccid concave cranial defect; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DYSPHASIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; REOPERATION; SEIZURE; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 57049151971     PISSN: 12258245     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.4.211     Document Type: Article

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