... outcomes with low rates of revision surgery in the pediatric population. Alloplastic implants may be considered in the setting of infection as reason for craniectomy given the lower rate of revision surgery and need for removal. Patients with craniosynostosis as reason for cranioplasty have a higher risk...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pediatric case Dissection Craniectomy...

... of the growing skulls and thinner bones of the calvarium. A paucity of data on the outcomes of this procedure in the pediatric population has been identified repeatedly. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to investigate the outcomes in a pediatric population that underwent cranioplasty after craniectomy...

...Abrar A. Wani; Altaf U. Ramzan; Humam Tanki; Nayil K. Malik; Bashir A. Dar Background: Post-craniectomy hydrocephalus in patients with intracranial hypertension is becoming a major concern for neurosurgeons because of the increasing number of hospital admissions for head trauma, stroke and other...

... craniectomy as an aggressive means of controlling intracranial pressure is limited to few studies. In the present series, we report our experience with aggressive combination therapy resulting in good outcomes in pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patients and Methods: Six TBI...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Osteomyelitis Spontaneous Cranial Craniectomy Pediatric...

... with extension into the lateral wing of the greater sphenoid bone, approaching the optic canal. The cyst was successfully removed en bloc via a small skull base craniectomy without spillage of cyst contents. The patient recovered well without neurological or visual sequelae. Dermoid cyst Sphenoid bone Skull...

... in which the biomechanical characteristics of the container property of the brain were altered. Craniectomies were performed in adult mongrel cats and the dura mater was left untouched in group A, while the dura was incised in crucial fashion in groub B. Thirty-four animals underwent ventriculopleural...

...Gordon McComb In the older infant with a marked skull deformation from sagittal synostosis a midline craniectomy will not produce an optimal cosmetic result as the brain grows at a much reduced rate and cannot provide the impetus for passive correction of the deformity. An operative technique...

... and 80/20 burr hole covers used for guided bone regeneration was assessed. The results obtained also provide some information about the reaction of intracranial biodegradable implants in pediatric craniofacial surgery. Cranial defect Craniectomy Craniofacial surgery Cranioplasty Dura mater...