Outcomes of cranial repair after craniectomy: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1120-1124

  Chang, Victor ^a   Hartzfeld, Paul ^a   Langlois, Marianne ^b   Mahmood, Asim ^a   Seyfried, Donald ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial repair; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952087064     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.JNS09133     Document Type: Article

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