Long-Term Incidence and Predicting Factors of Cranioplasty Infection after Decompressive Craniectomy
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Im, Sang-Hyuk
(Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Jang, Dong-Kyu (Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Han, Young-Min (Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Kim, Jong-Tae (Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Chung, Dong Sup (Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Park, Young Sup (Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) |
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