Table 1.
Baseline demographics and patient characteristics
| PMMA | CaP | |
|---|---|---|
| Study population (No. of patients) | 43 | 39 |
| Mean age (SD) | 51.2 (11.2) | 53 (12.4) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 15 | 22 |
| Male | 28 | 17 |
| Diagnosis (nb of patients (%) | ||
| MCA infarction | 20 (47) | 9 (23) |
| SAH | 5 (12) | 15 (38) |
| TBI | 15 (35) | 10 (26) |
| ICH | 2 (5) | 5 (13) |
| Others | 1 (2) | |
| Side of decompression | ||
| Right | 25 | 18 |
| Left | 18 | 21 |
| Time to cranioplasty in days (SEM) | 143.8 (17.5) | 98.5 (10. 4) |
| Number of surgeons involved | 23 | 20 |
| Modified Rankin scale (mRS; median; range) | 4 (1–4) | 4 (1–4) |
| American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score (median; range) | 3 (2–4) | 4 (1–4) |
| Diabetes (no of patients) | 2 | 7 |
| Smoking (no of patients) | 6 | 6 |
| Previous radiation (no of patients) | 1 | 0 |
| Previous cranial surgeries | ||
| 1 | 22 | 14 |
| 2 | 13 | 15 |
| > 2 | 8 | 10 |