Table 1.
Case | Age | Sex | Primary disease | Location | Size (mm) | Reason for cranioplasty | Complication |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 65 | F | SAH | R | 138 | Infection | None |
2 | 29 | M | SAH | R | 149 | Infection | None |
3 | 45 | M | MCA inf. | L | 132 | Infection | None |
4 | 55 | F | SAH | L | 115 | Infection | None |
5 | 54 | F | SAH | L | 153 | Bone resorption | None |
6 | 58 | M | Meningeoma | R | 103 | Infection | Epidural hematoma |
7 | 76 | M | Meningeoma | L | 104 | Infection | None |
8 | 39 | M | MCA inf. | L | 130 | Infection | None |
9 | 50 | M | Meningeoma | R | 129 | Infection | None |
10 | 38 | M | MCA inf. | R | 136 | Own cranium unsuitable | None |
11 | 58 | M | ASDH | L | 137 | Own cranium missing | None |
12 | 34 | F | Meningeoma | L | 114 | Infection | None |
13 | 75 | F | Meningeoma | L | 76 | Infection | None |
Notes: Own cranium unsuitable = failure to replace the patient’s bone graft. Own cranium missing = primary operation performed abroad and the removed cranium after hemicraniectomy was not sent with the patient back to Norway.
Abbreviations: ASDH, acute subdural hematoma; f, female; l, left; M, male; MCA inf., middle cerebral artery infarction; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; r, right.