Complications of delayed cranial repair after decompressive craniectomy in children less than 1 year old

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 927-933

  Frassanito, Paolo ^a,b   Massimi, Luca ^a   Caldarelli, Massimo ^a   Tamburrini, Gianpiero ^a   Rocco, Concezio Di ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autologous cranial bone replacement; Enlarging duraplasty; Infants; Paediatric head injury; Postoperative subdural effusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE FLAP RESORPTION; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL FLUID COLLECTION; THERAPY DELAY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84862671371     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1253-5     Document Type: Article

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