title: Impact of operation details on hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the correlation between the distance of craniectomy from the midline and hydrocephalus after DC.
  
  
  METHODS
  The following electronic databases were searched from their inception to June 2015: Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Science Direct, EMBASE, Scopus, Google Scholar, the Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). All randomized clinical trials, prospective cohort, retrospective observational cohort, and case-control studies investigating the relationship between distance of craniectomy from the midline and hydrocephalus after DC were enrolled. The Cochrane Collaborations software RevMan 5.3 was used for meta-analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six retrospective cohort studies involving 462 participants were included. Pooled analysis of 4 studies suggested that craniectomy close to the midline (<25 mm) was associated with a significantly increased risk of postoperative hydrocephalus (odds ratio [OR] = 3.61, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.3 - 9.97, p=0.01). However, meta analysis of 4 studies did not find statistical differences when comparing the distance of craniectomy from the midline in the hydrocephalus group and that in the non-hydrocephalus group (OR= - 0.14, 95% CI: -0.44 - 0.15, p=0.34).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Available evidence was insufficient to support the theory that craniectomy close to the midline increases the risk of developing hydrocephalus after DC. Well conducted randomized clinical trials are required to verify this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Qiang-Ping
authors.initials: QP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun-Peng
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhang-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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