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CRANIOPLASTY A FOLLOW–UP STUDY
Author(s) -
Petty Peter G.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb71199.x
Subject(s) - cranioplasty , psychology , medicine , surgery , skull
A follow‐up study of patients who had undergone rib graft or acrylic cranioplasty has been undertaken. Rib graft cranioplasty has shown a very low complication rate, but acrylic cranioplasty had an initial infection rate of 12%. The management and results In these cases are presented.