Autologous Bone Is Inferior to Alloplastic Cranioplasties: Safety of Autograft and Allograft Materials for Cranioplasties, a Systematic Review

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue , 2018, Pages 443-452.e8

  van de Vijfeijken, Sophie E C M ^a   Münker, Tijmen J A G ^b   Spijker, Rene ^a   Karssemakers, Luc H E ^a   Vandertop, William P ^a,c   Becking, Alfred G ^a   Ubbink, Dirk T ^a   Becking, A G ^c   Dubois, L ^c   Karssemakers, L H E ^c   Milstein, D M J ^c   van de Vijfeijken, S E C M ^c   Depauw, P R A M ^c   Hoefnagels, F W A ^c   Kleverlaan, C J ^c   Munker T J A G ^c   Maal, T J J ^c   Nout, E ^c   Riool, M ^c   Zaat, S A J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acrylic; Allograft; Cranioplasty; Decompressive craniectomy; PEEK; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRANIOPLASTY; DEATH; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DEVICE MIGRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEROMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; SKULL; SURGERY;

CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 85050410185     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.193     Document Type: Review

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