Predictors of cranioplasty complications in stroke and trauma patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 757-762

  Walcott, Brian P ^a   Kwon, Churl Su ^a   Sheth, Sameer A ^a   Fehnel, Corey R ^b   Koffie, Robert M ^a   Asaad, Wael F ^c   Nahed, Brian V ^a   Coumans, Jean Valery ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Decompressive; Infection; Stroke; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875840027     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.1.JNS121626     Document Type: Article

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