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ArticleNeurotrauma reports2021

Surface Area of Decompressive Craniectomy Predicts Bone Flap Failure after Autologous Cranioplasty: A Radiographic Cohort Study.

W Chase Johnson, Vijay M Ravindra, Tristan Fielder, Mariam Ishaque, T Tyler Patterson, Michael J McGinity, John V Lacci, Ramesh Grandhi

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Article in Neurotrauma reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

W Chase JohnsonDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Vijay M RavindraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Tristan FielderLong School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Mariam IshaqueDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
T Tyler PattersonDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Michael J McGinityDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
John V LacciLong School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Ramesh GrandhiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USNaval Medical Center San Diego · USUniversity of Utah · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skull bone graft failure is a potential complication of autologous cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy (DC). Our objective was to investigate the association of graft size with subsequent bone graft failure after autologous cranioplasty. This single-center retrospective cohort study included patients age ≥18 years who underwent primary autologous cranioplasty between 2010 and 2017. The primary outcome was bone flap failure requiring graft removal. Demographic, clinical, and radiographic factors were recorded; three-dimensional (3D) reconstructive imaging was used to perform accurate measurements. Univariate and multi-variate regression analysis were performed to identify risk factors for the primary outcome. Of the 131 patients who underwent primary autologous cranioplasty, 25 (19.0%) underwent removal of the graft after identification of bone flap necrosis on computed tomography (CT); 16 (64%) of these were culture positive. The mean surface area of craniectomy defect was 128.5 cm

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autologousbone flapcranioplastyinfectionresorption

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PMID34901938
PMCPMC8655795
OpenAlexW3196736634

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