Cranioplasty: Review of materials and techniques

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-167

  Aydin, Seckin ^a   Kucukyuruk, Baris ^a   Abuzayed, Bashar ^a   Aydin, Sabri ^a   Sanus, Galip Zihni ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allograft; Autograft; Cranioplasty; Reconstruction; Skull defects

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GOLD; HYDROXYAPATITE; LEAD; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PLATINUM; POLYETHYLENE; SILICON; SILVER; STEEL; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; VITALLIUM;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FASCIA; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB; SCAPULA; SKULL; SKULL DEFECT; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 80051873695     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.83584     Document Type: Review

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