Management of large scalp and skull defects in a severe case of Adams-Oliver syndrome: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-527

  El Khashab, Mostafa ^a,b   Rhee, Samuel T ^c   Pierce, Sean D ^a   El Khashab, Yasmin ^d   Nejat, Farideh ^e   Fried, Arno ^a,b  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adams Oliver syndrome; Scalp defect; Skull defect; Synthetic dermal graft

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ADAMS OLIVER SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SKULL DEFECT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BANDAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DURA MATER; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; HAND MALFORMATION; INJURY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROSURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; SKULL; SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BANDAGES; DURA MATER; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SCALP; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SKULL; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349093451     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS09220     Document Type: Article

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