Cranioplasty optimal timing in cases of decompressive craniectomy after severe head injury: A systematic literature review

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 107-111

  Tasiou, Anastasia ^a   Vagkopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Georgiadis, Iordanis ^a   Brotis, Alexandros G ^a   Gatos, Haralampos ^a   Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b Institute for Research and Technology Thessaly   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complication; Cranioplasty; Early; Head injury; Late; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INJURY SEVERITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME TO TREATMENT;

EID: 84910658662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22147519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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