title: A Simple Technique for Bone Storage after Decompressive Craniectomy in Children.
abstract: Cranial vault reconstruction in the pediatric population is a specialized procedure, which requires additional considerations. Generally, inherent difficulties of bone storage and cranioplasty are neglected in the literature. We present a simple method of bone storage and autologous cranioplasty in a small child with severe head injury. The child underwent surgical treatment with decompressive craniectomy. A bone flap was transversally divided into two pieces and stored under the galea. Bone storage and reconstruction of the cranial vault with our surgical technique is a safe, easy and cost-effective choice excluding the surgical trauma to obtain a new subcutanous pocket for bone storage in pediatric decompressive craniectomy patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökalp
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silav
authors.forename: Fatih Han
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Bölükbaşı
authors.forename: Erdinç
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özek
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tönge
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Önöz
authors.forename: İlhan
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Elmacı
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*