Hydroxyapatite ceramic implants for cranioplasty in children: a single-center experience

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 343-348

  Zaccaria, Laura ^a   Tharakan, Sasha Job ^b   Altermatt, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Hounsfield unit; Hydroxyapatite; Osteointegration; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE IMPLANT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CERAMICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ADOLESCENT; CERAMICS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85007173687     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3327-4     Document Type: Article

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