Bioabsorbable osteofixation devices in craniosynostosis. Clinical experience in 216 cases

Neurocirugia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Muñoz Casado, María Jesús ^a   Romance, A I ^a   Garcia Recuero J I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable systems; Craniosynostosis; Osteosynthesis; Polyglycolic; Polylactic; Rigid fixation

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; LACTIC ACID DEXTRO LACTIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYGLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE ATROPHY; BONE GRAFT; BONE GROWTH; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKULL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BONE MINERALIZATION; CRANIAL SUTURE; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METABOLISM; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL FIXATORS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 70349780978     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(09)70164-2     Document Type: Article

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