Preservation of the temporal muscle during the frontotemporoparietal approach for decompressive craniectomy: Technical note

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1335-1339

  Missori, Paolo ^a   Paolini, Sergio ^a   Ciappetta, Pasqualino ^b   Seferi, Arsen ^c   Domenicucci, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Dural patch; Intracranial hypertension; Polyethylene; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Temporal muscle

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; DURAPLASTY; EN BLOCK TEMPORAL MUSCLE DETACHMENT; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPOROPARIETAL APPROACH; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MASTICATION; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879215644     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1695-z     Document Type: Article

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