[Cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy--analysis of 300 cases (author's transl)]. 1977

A Yamaura, and M Sato, and K Meguro, and T Nakamura, and K Uemura

Three hundred cases of cranioplasty, following large decompressive craniectomy for various diseases, were analyzed. 1. Neurological status was evaluated before and after cranioplasty in 52 patients with remaining neurological deficit. There observed no changes in 13 patients with skin flap of full or bulging type. However, 4 (10%) among 39 patients with skin flap of sinking or flat type showed unquestionable objective improvement within a few days following cranioplasty, after stationary period of more than 2 and half months. In these situation, placement of acrylic plate has presumably corrected deformity of underlying brain tissue secondary to pressure gradient between extra- and intracranial spaces, which might have unidentifiably caused unfavorable eflects on neural function. 2. Seven children underwent procedure within 24 months of age and all of them had troublesome bluging of skin flap. This deformity was extreme in 5, in whom the dura mater was not repaired in the previous surgery. Those children had various intracranial problems as causes of bulging skin flap-hydrocephaly in 2, porencephaly in 1, CSF collection under the skin flap in 4, brain migration in 2, enlarged subarachnoid space over the bulging brain surface in 2, deformity of the skull resembling growing skull fracture in 5; and as complications of cranioplasty in 3 and infection in 2. 3. Fracture of the cranioplasty was seen in 7 (2%) among 300 cases and 6 of them were under the age of 7. In one case, there occurred 3 episodes of fracture. 4. Infected cranioplasty, in all as epidural empyema, was seen in 10 (3%) of 300 cases. One of the most important factors related to infection, was the time interval after the primary surgery; all infected cases were operated on within 3 months.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007427 Intracranial Pressure Pressure within the cranial cavity. It is influenced by brain mass, the circulatory system, CSF dynamics, and skull rigidity. Intracerebral Pressure,Subarachnoid Pressure,Intracerebral Pressures,Intracranial Pressures,Pressure, Intracerebral,Pressure, Intracranial,Pressure, Subarachnoid,Pressures, Intracerebral,Pressures, Intracranial,Pressures, Subarachnoid,Subarachnoid Pressures
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011312 Pressure A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Pressures
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003664 Decompression Decompression external to the body, most often the slow lessening of external pressure on the whole body (especially in caisson workers, deep sea divers, and persons who ascend to great heights) to prevent DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. It includes also sudden accidental decompression, but not surgical (local) decompression or decompression applied through body openings.
D005260 Female Females
D006408 Hematoma, Subdural Accumulation of blood in the SUBDURAL SPACE between the DURA MATER and the arachnoidal layer of the MENINGES. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE, but may develop in the spinal canal (HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, SPINAL). Subdural hematoma can be classified as the acute or the chronic form, with immediate or delayed symptom onset, respectively. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness, severe HEADACHE, and deteriorating mental status. Hemorrhage, Subdural,Subdural Hematoma,Subdural Hematoma, Traumatic,Hematoma, Traumatic Subdural,Hematomas, Subdural,Hematomas, Traumatic Subdural,Hemorrhages, Subdural,Subdural Hematomas,Subdural Hematomas, Traumatic,Subdural Hemorrhage,Subdural Hemorrhages,Traumatic Subdural Hematoma,Traumatic Subdural Hematomas

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