Case report reveals recovery from malignant cerebral edema post cranioplasty, indicating treatment potential.
Sunken Bone Syndrome is a very rare complication of autologous bone cranioplasty. Malignant cerebral edema is another rare complication of cranioplasty. We hereby report, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of a patient who survived and recovered to pre-op condition after developing both of these rare complications.
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