Using bioabsorbable fixation systems in the treatment of pediatric skull deformities leads to good outcomes and low morbidity

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-301

  Hayden Gephart, Melanie G ^a   Woodard, Joslyn I ^b   Arrigo, Robert T ^b   Lorenz, H Peter ^a   Schendel, Stephen A ^a   Edwards, Michael S B ^c   Guzman, Raphael ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable; Craniosynostosis; Pediatric neurosurgery; Pediatric skull deformities; Resorbable plates

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SITE SWELLING; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DYSPLASIA; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL MALFORMATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 84878521758     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1938-y     Document Type: Article

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