Seven years of cranioplasty in a regional neurosurgical centre

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-39

  Broughton, Ellie ^a   Pobereskin, Louis ^a   Whitfield, Peter C ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Outcomes; Trauma

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; ENGLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893118997     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.815319     Document Type: Article

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