Management of postneurosurgical bone flap loss caused by infection

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Baumeister, Steffen ^a   Peek, Alberto ^a   Friedman, Allen ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a   Marcus, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; METAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CRANIOPLASTY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CRANIOTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 58149386985     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181858eee     Document Type: Review

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