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Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2015 Jul 31;123(6):1476–1479. doi: 10.3171/2015.1.JNS142102

TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics and postoperative outcomes for patients who underwent cranioplasty

Variable	Polyethylene Titanium Mesh	Calcium Phosphate Cement	p Value
Total no. of patients w/ FU	111	100
Mean age (yrs)	51.2	52.5	0.44^*
Mean outpatient FU time (mos)	2.35	2.29	0.83^*
CSF leak/pseudomeningocele	4.5% (n = 5)	0% (n = 0)	0.03^†
Wound infection	2.7% (n = 3)	2% (n = 2)	0.31^†

FU = follow-up.

Two-tailed t-test.

^†

Pearson’s chi-square test.