Bone flap storage following craniectomy: A survey of practices in major Australian Neurosurgical centres

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Bhaskar, Ivan Paul ^a   Zaw, Nyi Nyi ^a   Zheng, Minghao ^b   Lee, Gabriel Yin Foo ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Cryopreservation; Neurosurgery; Skull flaps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SKULL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 79951820740     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05584.x     Document Type: Article

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