Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-shattering neurological condition that affects between
250,000 and 500,000 individuals each year with an estimated two to three million people …

Decompressive craniectomy (DC) has been used for many years in the management of
patients with elevated intracranial pressure and cerebral edema. Ongoing clinical trials are …

OBJECT The factors that contribute to periprocedural complications following cranioplasty,
including patient-specific and surgery-specific factors, need to be thoroughly assessed. The …

OBJECTIVE Despite their technical simplicity, cranioplasty procedures carry high reported
morbidity rates. The authors here present the largest study to date on complications after …

Objective Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DC) and duroplasty after malignant brain
infarction or traumatic brain injury is a common surgical procedure. Usually, preserved bone …

Objective Consensus regarding selection of synthetic versus autologous flap reimplantation
for cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy has not been reached and the multiple …

Background Titanium cranioplasty (TC) has been associated with high complication rates,
but abundant data are lacking. We aimed to determine the incidence and type of …

Cranial bone repair is one of the oldest neurosurgical practices. Reconstructing the natural
contours of the skull has challenged the ingenuity of surgeons from antiquity to the present …

OBJECT The complication rate for cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy is higher
than that after other neurosurgical procedures; aseptic bone resorption is the major long …

In general, cranioplasty is viewed as a straightforward surgical procedure, and for many
years the complications associated with the procedure have been underestimated. We …