Table 2.

Reported SSI in cranioplasty with autologous bone

Author	N	Implant	Preservation	SSI
Moreira-Gonzales et al. [35]	312	Autologous bone	N/A	22 (7.1 %)
Matsuno et al. [34]	54	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −20 °C	14 (25.9 %)
Iwama et al. [26]	37	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −35 °C	1 (2.7 %)
	12	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −84 °C	0 (0 %)
Inamasu et al. [25]	31	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −70 °C	5 (16.1 %)
	39	Autologous bone	Subcutaneous pocket	2 (5.1 %)
Huang et al. [24]	151	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −75 °C	5 (3.3 %)
Lu et al. [32]	16	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −80 °C	0 (0 %)
Cheng et al. [7]	52	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −?°C	7 (13.5 %)
Grossmann et al. [19]	12	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −80 °C	0 (0 %)
Prolo et al. [42]	53	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −20 °C	2 (3.7 %)
Asano et al. [2]	110	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −40 °C	5 (4.5 %)
Nagayama et al. [37]	208	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −16 °C	8 (3.88 %)
Zingale et al. [53]	21	Autologous bone	Cryopreservation −18 °C	0 (0)

N/A indicates not available