Complications of cranioplasty using a bone flap sterilised by autoclaving following decompressive craniectomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 501-506

  Mracek, Jan ^a   Hommerova, Jolana ^a   Mork, Jan ^a   Richtr, Patrik ^a   Priban, Vladimir ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autoclaving; Complications; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Sterilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BONE FLAP RESORPTION; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYGROMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84925513533     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-2333-0     Document Type: Article

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