A retrospective analysis and review of an institution's experience with the complications of cranioplasty

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 629-635

  Lee, Lester ^a   Ker, Justin ^a   Quah, Boon Leong ^a   Chou, Ning ^a   Choy, David ^a   Yeo, Tseng Tsai ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cranial implant; Cranial reconstruction; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Implant extrusion; Seizures; Titanium mesh

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEVICE INFECTION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SKULL DEFECT; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL MESH; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883583064     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.815313     Document Type: Article

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