Therapeutic efficacy of cranioplasty post decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: A retrospective study

Autologous bone as removed at the time of decompressive craniectomy (DC) is always the first choice for cranioplasty. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of cranioplasty post-DC by measuring the changes in functional independence measure (FIM) score, to draw a comparison with pre-cranioplasty and the difference in outcome of cases managed among the 2 groups (group-I: Autologous bone, group-II: Titanuim mesh).

Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - July 19, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Rohit Sharma, Lalit Janjani, Vishal Kulkarni, Seema Patrikar, Shailey Singh Source Type: research