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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
The experience acquired during 10 years treatment of 33 children having undergone a large craniectomy with an average follow-up time of 5.3 years is presented. Different methods of primary and delayed closure of the skull defect are documented and discussed. Whenever possible the deep frozen conserved skull flap was reimplanted. The problem of skull flap resorption and insufficient spontaneous ossification and the alternative of a heterologous cranioplasty with methylmethacrylate (MMA) in cases of insufficient reossification is considered. The decision to use MMA as a secondary skull defect graft should be delayed at least one year after craniectomy, since a spontaneous reossification of the defect is possible until adolescence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0174-3082
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Bone Resorption, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Bone Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Brain Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Child, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Craniotomy, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Intracranial Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Methylmethacrylate, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Methylmethacrylates, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Prostheses and Implants, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:3071027-Wound Healing
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
The prognosis of cranioplasty following large craniectomy in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article