Syndrome of the Trephined: A Systematic Review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 525-533

  Ashayeri, Kimberly ^a   Jackson, Eric M ^b   Huang, Judy ^b   Brem, Henry ^b   Gordon, Chad R ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial reconstruction; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; Neurosurgery; Rehabilitation; Syndrome of the trephined; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PARADOXICAL HERNIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SEIZURE; SKIN FLAP; SKULL DEFECT; SUNKEN SKIN FLAP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREPHINED SYNDROME; BRAIN DISEASE; MALE; SKULL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGERY; SYNDROME;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL; SYNDROME; TREPHINING;

EID: 84980340019     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001366     Document Type: Article

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