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Table 1 Recorded variables

From: Cranioplasty complications and risk factors associated with bone flap resorption

Patient characteristics

Age, gender, co-morbiditya, GCSb, GOS, indication for DC, VP-shunt, 30-day mortality

Operative measurements

Operating time (CP), surgery prior to DC, implant type, time between DC and CP, fragmentation of bone flap

Complications

SSI, wound dehiscence, BFR, hematoma, implant displacement

  1. aPreviously known psyciatric illness, substance abuse, diabetes, heart, lung or kidney disease
  2. b GCS Glasgow Coma Scale (last recorded before DC), GOS Glasgow Outcome Scale, DC decompressive craniectomy, CP cranioplasty, SSI surgical site infection, BFR bone flap resorption
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241