Rates of operative intervention for infection after synthetic or autologous cranioplasty: a National Readmissions Database analysis

CONCLUSIONS: SFs are increasingly replacing ABFs as the material of choice for cranioplasty, despite their association with increased hospital charges. Female sex, nonroutine discharge, and SF cranioplasty are associated with increased risk for reoperation after cranioplasty.PMID:35901766 | DOI:10.3171/2022.4.JNS22301

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - July 28, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Truong H Do Jinci Lu Elise F Palzer Samuel W Cramer Jared D Huling Reid A Johnson Ping Zhu James N Jean Madeleine A Howard Luke T Sabal Jacob T Hanson Alec B Jonason Kevin W Sun Robert A McGovern Clark C Chen Source Type: research