Routine but risky: A multi-centre analysis of the outcomes of cranioplasty in the Northeast of England

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1361-1368

  Coulter, Ian C ^a   Pesic Smith, Jonathan D ^b   Cato Addison, William B ^a   Khan, Shahid A ^a   Thompson, Daniel ^c   Jenkins, Alistair J ^b   Strachan, Roger D ^a   Mukerji, Nitin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Functional outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMESIS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EYEBROW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMENINGOCOELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903898624     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-2081-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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