Complications and Failures of Autologous Heterotopic Cranial Bone versus Alloplastic Cranioplasties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fresh autologous cranial bone graft has traditionally been regarded as the ideal cranioplasty material; however, long-term comparisons of outcomes with modern alloplastic materials are absent in the literature. The authors evaluated complications and failures among cranioplasties performed with fresh, heterotopic, cranial bone graft versus 3 common alloplastic materials.

Methods

Random-effects meta-analyses of logit-transformed proportions were performed on studies published between 1971 and 2021 to evaluate complications and failures of cranioplasties performed with fresh, autologous, heterotopic cranial bone; polyetheretherketone (PEEK); polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA); or titanium with a mean follow-up of 12 months or more. Generalized mixed model meta-regression

SUBMITTER: Oberoi MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963343 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature