Comparison of acrylic and titanium cranioplasty

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 510-513

  Al Tamimi, Yahia Z ^a   Sinha, Priyank ^a   Trivedi, Mili ^a   Robson, Craig ^a   Al Musawi, Tamara A ^b   Hossain, Naveed ^c   Mumford, Christopher ^c   Towns, Gerry ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Infection; Polymethylmethacrylate; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BONE CEMENTS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84864585789     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.633640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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