Cranial reconstruction after decompressive craniectomy: Prediction of complications using fuzzy logic

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1307-1311

  Godil, Saniya Siraj ^a   Shamim, Muhammad Shahzad ^a   Enam, Syed Ather ^a   Qidwai, Uvais ^b   Qadeer, Mohsin ^a   Sobani, Zain A ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

complications; Cranioplasty; fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 80051553051     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821c6d37     Document Type: Article

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