Table 5.
Mortality (Table 5)
34/205 (17%) studies reported either mortality or survival.
| Outcome domain | Outcome verbatim |
|---|---|
| Mortality | Mortality |
| Survival | Mean survival |
| Traumatic brain injury | Stroke | |
|---|---|---|
| Reason for DC (primary) | 171 | 34 |
| Patients per study | ||
| <100 | 101 | 34 |
| >100 | 70 | 0 |
| Type of study | ||
| Observational | 170 | 34 |
| RCT | 1 | 0 |
| Studies by Country (Top 4) | USA 27 | |
| Germany 25 | ||
| Korea 24 | ||
| China 18 | ||
| Age (mean) | 42 | 48 |
| Material | 191 studies (93%) reported material | |
| 122 studies (60%) included autologous | ||
| 94 studies (46%) evaluated 1 material type | ||
| Timing of cranioplasty | Mean time to cranioplasty 202 days (40–2555 days) | |
| 135 studies reported as a mean range | ||
| 42 studies (21%) had pre-defined cut off for early and late | ||
| 8 studies (3.9%) divided time into 3 categories | ||
| Significant heterogenity in the timeframe definitions | ||
| 50% of studies that reported time frames used <90 and >90 days | ||