title: Effect of cranioplasty on functional and neuro - psychological recovery after severe acquired brain injury: fact or fake? Considerations on a single case.
abstract: Cranioplasty is performed, using autograft materials, to treat the "trephined syndrome" in patients previously submitted to craniectomy. Indeed, considerable improvements in neuropsychological deficits, control of convulsions and partial prevention of cerebral atrophy are achieved after this surgical procedure. We describe the pre- and post-operative neuropsychological and functional evaluation of a 30-year-old male patient who underwent cranioplasty following previous craniectomy for a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a spontaneously ruptured aneurysm of the right middle cerebral artery.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corallo
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Placido
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bramanti
authors.forename: Rocco Salvatore
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Calabrò
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome