Cranioplasty after Craniectomy in a Pediatric Population: Single-Center Experience from a Developing Country

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 77-79

  Waqas, Muhammad ^a   Ujjan, Badar ^a   Hadi, Yousaf Bashir ^a   Najmuddin, Faizuddin ^a   Laghari, Altaf Ali ^a   Khalid, Swaleha ^a   Bari, Muhammad Ehsan ^a   Bhatti, Umar Farooq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Craniectomy; Cranioplasty

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLYGLACTIN SUTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85001848922     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000452808     Document Type: Article

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