Repair of a congenital cranial defect in a newborn with autologous calvarial bone.
A case is reported of early repair of a cranial defect associated with aplasia cutis congenita using a full-thickness autologous calvarial graft. New bone regenerated to fill the defect at the donor site, such that by 6 weeks of life no calvarial defects remained. This simple technique is recommended as an alternative to a delayed acrylic or split cranial bone cranioplasty as a second operation. A similar technique could be considered for other congenital cranial defects, such as those associated with encephaloceles or bilateral parietal foramina.
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Department of Surgery, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. psteinbok@cw.bc.ca
D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous