Citation

Rish BL, Dillon JD, Meirowsky AM, Caveness WF, Mohr JP, Kistler JP, Weiss GH. Neurosurgery 1979; 4(5): 381-385.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

111153

Abstract

A total of 491 cranioplasties performed in a population of 1030 cases of penetrating head injury are reviewed. The morbidity rate was 5.5%, and the mortality rate was 0.2%. The clinical criteria of improving cosmetic defects and restoring craniocerebral protection are established, based on the location and size of the skull defect. Cranioplasty after penetrating head injury should be deferred for a minimum of 1 year to control morbidity. Complication of the original injury and surgical debridement increase the morbidity rate of cranioplasty. Post-traumatic epilepsy is not related to skull defects per se; neither is it affected by cranioplasty. Acrylic is an acceptable cranioplasty material if there is strict adherence to good surgical technique.

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