Can cranioplasty be effective in improving cognitive and motor function in patients with chronic disorders of consciousness? A case report

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 193-196

  Corallo, Francesco ^a   Calabró, Rocco Salvatore ^a   Leo, Antonino ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^a  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Cranioplasty; Disorder of consciousness; Minimally conscious state

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SKULL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SKULL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84939145237     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.10618-14.2     Document Type: Article

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