Importance of Early Cranioplasty in Reversing the “Syndrome of the Trephine/Motor Trephine Syndrome/Sinking Skin Flap Syndrome”

Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 666-673

  Jeyaraj, Priya ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow (CBF); Fronto temporo parietal (FTP) bone flap; Hydrocephalus; Motor trephine syndrome (MTS); Sinking skin flap syndrome (SSFS); Syndrome of the trephined; Ventriculo peritoneal (V P) shunt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974810229     PISSN: 09728279     EISSN: 0974942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12663-014-0673-1     Document Type: Article

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