title: Individualized therapy for complicated cranial defect: a case report.
abstract: Despite the considerable advances in plastic surgery in recent years, complicated large cranial defects remain challenging clinical entities with no clear management algorithms, especially in the pediatric age group.We present a 9-year old boy who underwent a hemispherectomy for Rasmussen encephalitis. Functional and cosmetic outcomes are considered during the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Peking Union Medical College Hospital. yunanze@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nanze
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhifei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hailin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004660:Encephalitis; D038421:Hemispherectomy; D006801:Humans