title: Transcranial migration of microfixation plates and screws. Case report.
abstract: A case of transcranial, transdural migration of microplates and screws with damage to the subjacent cortex in an infant with craniosynostosis is described. The authors believe that plates and screws should be reserved for exceptional cases in which bony approximations are unstable or difficult to align by other means.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Denver, Colo. 80218, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Duke
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mouchantat
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Ketch
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Winston
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation