title: Cranioplasty after Craniectomy in a Pediatric Population: Single-Center Experience from a Developing Country.
abstract: Cranioplasty is a frequently performed procedure in neurosurgery. The pediatric population for this procedure is distinct from the adult one because of the growing skulls and thinner bones of the calvarium. A paucity of data on the outcomes of this procedure in the pediatric population has been identified repeatedly. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to investigate the outcomes in a pediatric population that underwent cranioplasty after craniectomy at our institute in a developing-world country. Our cohort showed no association of complication rate or cosmetic outcomes with the timing of cranioplasty, area of skull defect, type of implant used, or method of storage.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waqas
authors.forename: Badar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ujjan
authors.forename: Yousaf Bashir
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Hadi
authors.forename: Faizuddin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Najmuddin
authors.forename: Altaf Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Laghari
authors.forename: Swaleha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.forename: Muhammad Ehsan
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bari
authors.forename: Umar Farooq
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Bhatti
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies