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To evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes and complication risk factors associated with methyl methacrylate cranioplasty in pediatric patients.

March 7, 2008Pediatric Neurosurgery

Methyl Methacrylate Cranioplasty in Children: Long-Term Results

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KBKeith S. BlumAlbert Einstein College of Medicine SSSteven J. SchneiderGlenn Research Center ARAlan D. RosenthalWinthrop-University Hospital

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Retrospective cohort study reveals complication rates after methyl methacrylate cranioplasty in children, indicating risk factors that warrant alternative approaches.

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To evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes and complication risk factors associated with methyl methacrylate cranioplasty in pediatric patients.
Retrospective review of 75 pediatric patients (N=75) who underwent methyl methacrylate cranioplasty over a 15-year period.
Patients were categorized by indication: posttraumatic skull defects (n=42) and nontraumatic causes (n=33), with outcomes tracked up to 8 years post-procedure.
Overall complications occurred in 17 of 75 patients (23%) within 8 years following the initial procedure.
Complications correlated with postoperative radiotherapy, larger skull defect size, frontal sinus involvement, and a history of prior infection.

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Blum et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a01ecf40cec8eebbd5cb58b https://doi.org/10.1159/000121158

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Retrospective cohort study reveals complication rates after methyl methacrylate cranioplasty in children, indicating risk factors that warrant alternative approaches.

Methyl Methacrylate Cranioplasty in Children: Long-Term Results

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Methyl Methacrylate Cranioplasty in Children: Long-Term Results

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