Cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy: Is there a rationale for an initial artificial bone-substitute implant? A single-center experience after 631 procedures

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 710-715

  Schwarz, Falko ^a   Dünisch, Pedro ^a   Walter, Jan ^a   Sakr, Yasser ^a   Kalff, Rolf ^a   Ewald, Christian ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aseptic bone flap necrosis; Autograft; Bone resorption; Bone substitute; Cranioplasty; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; AUTOGRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

BONE PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE SUBSTITUTES; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975139871     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS159     Document Type: Article

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