Early Intervention and Use of Autologous Grafts in Growing Skull Fractures Results in Better Outcomes: Experience From a Tertiary Pediatric Neurosurgery Center

Growing skull fracture (GSF) is a rare complication of pediatric head trauma. Definitive treatment is surgical repair. We have attempted to assess whether use of autologous grafts for duraplasty and cranioplasty leads to better outcomes. We have also attempted to understand how timing of surgery might affect the degree of underlying damage to cortical tissue.