Clinical and Radiologic Outcome of a Less Invasive, Low-Cost Surgical Technique of Osteoplastic Decompressive Craniectomy

Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 167-175

  Adeleye, Amos O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

decompressive craniectomy; hinge decompressive craniectomy; low resource practice; outcome study; surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURAL SUBSTITUTE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959105610     PISSN: 21936315     EISSN: 21936323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1566115     Document Type: Article

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