Complications of cranioplasty in relationship to traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Despite being a common procedure, cranioplasty (CP) is associated with a variety of serious, at times lethal, complications. This study explored the relationship between the initial injury leading to decompressive craniectomy (DC) and the rates and types of complications after subsequent CP. It specifically compared between traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and patients undergoing CP after DC for other indications.A comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library databases using PRISMA guidelines was performed to include case-control studies, cohorts, and clinical trials reporting complication data for CP after DC. Information about the patients' characteristics and the rates of overall and specific complications in TBI and non-TBI patients was extracted, summarized, a

SUBMITTER: Shepetovsky D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature