Beneficial impact of early cranioplasty in patients with decompressive craniectomy: Evidence from transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-198

  Song, Jian ^a,b   Liu, Min ^c   Mo, Xuehong ^b   Du, Hao ^b   Huang, He ^b   Xu, Guo Zheng ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

^c No 457 Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Complication; Decompressive craniectomy; Early cranioplasty; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84891878490     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1908-5     Document Type: Article

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