"In-window" craniotomy and "bridgelike" duraplasty: An alternative to decompressive hemicraniectomy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 982-989

  Valença, Marcelo Moraes ^a,b   Martins, Carolina ^a   Da Silva, Joacil Carlos ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Esperança Recife   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain trauma; Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Cranioplasty; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Duraplasty; In window craniotomy; Malignant cerebral ischemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DRILL; DURA MATER; DURAPLASTY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 78149287244     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.JNS09674     Document Type: Article

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