Cranioplasty After Postinjury Decompressive Craniectomy Is Timing of the Essence?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Beauchamp, Kathryn M.; Kashuk, Jeffry; Moore, Ernest E.; Bolles, Gene; Rabb, Craig; Seinfeld, Joshua; Szentirmai, Oszkar; Sauaia, Angela
- Source
- The Journal of Trauma; August 2010, Vol. 69 Issue: 2 p270-274, 5p
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- ISSN
- 00225282
The appropriate timing of cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy for trauma is unknown. Potential benefits of delayed intervention (>6 weeks) for reducing the risk of infection must be balanced by persistent altered cerebrospinal fluid dynamics leading to hydrocephalus. We reviewed our recent 5-year experience in an effort to improve patient throughput and develop a rational decision making plan.