Ichiro Takumi1, Masataka Akimoto. 1. NMS Cranio-Facial Institute, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokuso Hospital, Inba-gun Inba-mura, Chiba Hokuso 270-1694, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In children who have suffered a severe, extensive head trauma, cranioplasty is complicated because allografting is not advisable in pediatric patients and the amount of available autologous materials is limited. To overcome these problems, we employed a combination of autologous rib grafts and calvarial grafts for partial cranioplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We named this partial cranioplasty technique 'catcher's mask cranioplasty'. Rib grafts were placed mimicking a baseball catcher's mask to obtain maximum strong coverage of the defect. Calvarial grafts were used to achieve a smooth forehead contour. Islands of osteoanagenesis were also used. CONCLUSIONS: These autografts were of sufficient strength, esthetically satisfactory, and no patient developed sinking skin flap syndrome. Catcher's mask cranioplasty is a useful technique to successfully reconstruct the skull in pediatric patients with extensive cranial defects and an insufficient amount of autologous graft material.
OBJECTIVE: In children who have suffered a severe, extensive head trauma, cranioplasty is complicated because allografting is not advisable in pediatric patients and the amount of available autologous materials is limited. To overcome these problems, we employed a combination of autologous rib grafts and calvarial grafts for partial cranioplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We named this partial cranioplasty technique 'catcher's mask cranioplasty'. Rib grafts were placed mimicking a baseball catcher's mask to obtain maximum strong coverage of the defect. Calvarial grafts were used to achieve a smooth forehead contour. Islands of osteoanagenesis were also used. CONCLUSIONS: These autografts were of sufficient strength, esthetically satisfactory, and no patient developed sinking skin flap syndrome. Catcher's mask cranioplasty is a useful technique to successfully reconstruct the skull in pediatric patients with extensive cranial defects and an insufficient amount of autologous graft material.
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