Cranioplasty complications following wartime decompressive craniectomy

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Stephens, Frederick L ^a   Mossop, Correy M ^a   Bell, Randy S ^a   Tigno, Teodoro ^a   Rosner, Michael K ^a   Kumar, Anand ^a   Moores, Leon E ^a   Armonda, Rocco A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956141177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.2.FOCUS1026     Document Type: Article

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