Bone flap necrosis after decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-97

  Ewald, Christian ^a   Duenisch, Pedro ^a   Walter, Jan ^a   Götz, Theresa ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Kalff, Rolf ^a   Günther, Albrecht ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aseptic bone flap necrosis; Bone resorption; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Middle cerebral artery infarction

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDURAL REBLEEDING; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLASSIFICATION; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE RESORPTION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894549757     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9892-4     Document Type: Article

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