Safety of the nonabsorbable dural substitute in decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-537

  Huang, Yu Hua ^a   Lee, Tao Chen ^a   Chen, Wu Fu ^a   Wang, Yi Ming ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complications; Decompressive craniectomy; Dural substitute; Neuro Patch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; IMPLANT; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBDURAL HYGROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHANE;

EID: 80052727507     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318203208a     Document Type: Article

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