Complications and consent following decompressive craniectomy: An illustrative case study

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1732-1736

  Honeybul, Stephen ^a,b   Morrison, David Anthony ^b   Ho, Kwok ^c   Wiggins, Anthony ^a,b   Janzen, Courtney ^a   Kruger, Kate ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty complications; Decompressive craniectomy; Syndrome of the trephined

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPLASTY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888865970     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.830194     Document Type: Article

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