An extreme case of the syndrome of the trephined requiring the use of a novel titanium plate

Neurologist

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 423-425

  Chalouhi, Nohra ^a   Teufack, Sonia ^a   Fernando Gonzalez, L ^a   Rosenwasser, Robert H ^a   Jabbour, Pascal M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cranioplasty; hemicraniectomy; syndrome of the trephined

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYNDROME OF THE TREPHINED; TITANIUM MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING;

EID: 84869762569     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e318272f7be     Document Type: Article

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