German Cranial Reconstruction Registry (GCRR): Protocol for a prospective, multicentre, open registry

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Giese, Henrik ^a   Sauvigny, Thomas ^b   Sakowitz, Oliver W ^a   Bierschneider, Michael ^c   Güresir, Erdem ^d   Henker, Christian ^e   Höhne, Julius ^f   Lindner, Dirk ^g   Mielke, Dorothee ^h   Pannewitz, Robert ⁱ   Rohde, Veit ^h   Scholz, Martin ^j   Schuss, Patrick ^d   Regelsberger, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^e ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SWITZERLAND; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; REGISTER; SKULL; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGISTRIES; SKULL;

EID: 84957058069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009273     Document Type: Article

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