Decompressive craniectomy using gelatin film and future bone flap replacement

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 776-782

  Oladunjoye, Azeem O ^a   Schrot, Rudolph J ^a   Zwienenberg Lee, Marike ^a   Muizelaar, J Paul ^a   Shahlaie, Kiarash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Peridural scarring; Stroke; Surgical technique; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; GELATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILAYERED DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GELATIN; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875847276     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.1.JNS121475     Document Type: Article

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