Cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy. A prospective series analyzing complications and clinical improvement

Neurocirugia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 115-125

  Paredes, Igor ^a   Castaño León, Ana María ^a   Munarriz, Pablo M ^a   Martínez Perez, Rafael ^a   Cepeda, Santiago ^a   Sanz, Rosa ^b   Alén, José F ^a   Lagares, Alfonso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA LEONOR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical improvement; Complications; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Timing; Trephine syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; INCIDENCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SKULL; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928828471     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucir.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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