Delayed tentorial herniation after crainoplasty with polymethylmethacrylate: A rare complication

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 624-627

  Yamahata, Hitoshi ^a   Tokimura, Hiroshi ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^c   Sakamoto, Akihisa ^b   Matsuyama, Nozomu ^b   Awa, Ryuji ^b   Arita, Kazunori ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tanoue Hospital   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceratite; Complication; Cranioplasty; Tentorial herniation

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; GLYCEROL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CERAMICS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIPLOPIA; ENCEPHALOCELE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80055036409     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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