The minimum time for cranioplasty insertion from craniectomy is six months to reduce risk of infection-a case series of 82 patients

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-80

  Thavarajah, Dushan ^a   Lacy, Patricia De ^b   Hussien, Ahmed ^b   Sugar, Adrian ^b  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Infection; Insertion; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE CYST; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SKULL DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84856609572     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.603850     Document Type: Article

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