Cranioplasty after postinjury decompressive craniectomy

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1014-

  Takeuchi, Satoru ^a   Nawashiro, Hiroshi ^a   Shima, Katsuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BONE GRAFT; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HEAD INJURY; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954565173     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820957b6     Document Type: Letter

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