Step-Ladder Expansive Cranioplasty after Decompressive Craniotomy and Expansive Duraplasty: Discussing Possibilities on a Mathematical Model

Abstract Background Role of decompressive craniectomy in reducing intracranial pressure is well established. However, it comes with a cost of requiring a second surgery in the form of cranioplasty without which unacceptable hemodynamic consequences occur. It is generally felt that a cre...

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Main Author: S. K. Sengupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-03-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1549061