Different materials of cranioplasty for patients undergoing decompressive craniectomy: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cranioplasty is widely applied on patients who has undergone decompress craniectomy (DC) due to intractable increased intracranial pressure and the cranioplasty materials have been on the bleeding edge of biomolecular and material science. This systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) will be conducted to comprehensively evaluate the safety and efficacy of different cranial implants for patients with cranial defects due to various reasons.

Methods and analysis

This protocol has been reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols. The following electronic databases will be searched from the date of database establishment to September 1, 2020: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China Nationa

SUBMITTER: Yang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8615338 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature