Cranial repair: How complicated is filling a "hole"?

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1071-1076

  De Bonis, Pasquale ^a   Frassanito, Paolo ^a   Mangiola, Annunziato ^a   Nucci, Carlotta Ginevra ^a   Anile, Carmelo ^a   Pompucci, Angelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

autologous bone flap; cranial repair; cranioplasty; custom made skull prosthesis; decompressive craniectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; BRAIN INJURY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOPLASTY DISLOCATION; EPIDURAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKULL DEFECT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859890395     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2116     Document Type: Review

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