Complications following cranioplasty and relationship to timing: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-51

  Malcolm, James G ^a   Rindler, Rima S ^a   Chu, Jason K ^a   Grossberg, Jonathan A ^a   Pradilla, Gustavo ^a   Ahmad, Faiz U ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Early; Timing

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; BONE GRAFT COMPLICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EPILEPSY; EXTRA AXIAL FLUID COLLECTION; FLAP DEPRESSION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MENINGES BREAKDOWN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CRANIOTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; STANDARDS;

CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84992412563     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.04.017     Document Type: Review

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