Analysis of cause and prevention of titanium mesh exposure after digital cranioplasty
AMU Yue-bu
WANG Jun-yong
LIAN Kun
XU Wei
Abstract：Objective To explore the cause of titanium mesh exposure after digital cranioplasty and methods to prevent it. Method The clinical data of 12 patients with titanium mesh exposure after digital cranioplasty from July, 2011 to June, 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. Results The exposed titanium mesh had a maximum diameter of less than 3 cm in 7 patients and of more than 3 cm in 5 patients. Of 7 patients with exposed titanium meshes less than 3 cm in the maximum diameter, 3 were cured and 4 not after the second debridement and skin flap transferring. Five patients with exposed titanium meshes more than 3 cm in the maximum diameter were cured after the removal of the titanium meshes and the second cranioplasty. Conclusions The exposed titanium mesh should be extracted as early as possible in the patient with exposed titanium mesh associated with festering. The adequate preoperative preparation, favorable surgical technique and proper health education after discharge from hospital are important to minimization of titanium meshes exposure after digital cranioplasty in the patients with cranial defect.
Keywords：Cranial defectCranioplastyTitanium meshesExposure
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 698-700 )