Defining "early" cranioplasty to achieve lower complication rates of bone flap failure: resorption and infection
- Authors
- Kim, Jang Hun; Hwang, Soon-Young; Kwon, Taek-Hyun; Chong, Kyuha; Yoon, Won-Ki; Kim, Jong Hyun
- Issue Date
- Jan-2019
- Publisher
- SPRINGER WIEN
- Keywords
- Bone flap resorption; Cranioplasty; Early cranioplasty; Surgical site infection; Optimal timing
- Citation
- ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, v.161, no.1, pp 25 - 31
- Pages
- 7
- Indexed
- SCI
SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
- Volume
- 161
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 25
- End Page
- 31
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/2537
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00701-018-3749-8
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
0942-0940
- Abstract
- BackgroundAlthough cranioplasty (CP) is a frequently performed and simple procedure, complications are common, particularly bone flap resorption and infection. The timing of surgery is as an important contributory factor, but the optimal timing has not been clearly determined.ObjectiveWe retrospectively investigated bone flap resorption and surgical site infection after CP to determine the optimal timing of surgery for reduction of complications.MethodsThe study enrolled 126 patients who underwent decompressive craniectomy (DC) and subsequent CP. Patients with bone flap resorption or surgical site infection were analyzed as the complication group. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed and the Youden index was used to dichotomize early CP and late CP groups. Univariate and multivariate survival analyses were performed.ResultsThe complication group included 42 patients. The Youden index was used to identify a cutoff value for the DC-CP interval of >44days, and this was used to define early (<45days) and late (45days) CP. Late CP was a significant risk factor in univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses.ConclusionThis study showed that early CP before 45days after DC is associated with a lower rate of bone flap resorption and surgical site infection than late CP.
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