Does Cranioplasty Reduce Disability in Cases With Post Traumatic Skull Bone Defects

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trauma; Cranioplasty; Disability Physical

Treatments: Procedure: Cranioplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04111562

Cranioplasty2018

Assiut University (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: The percentage of permanent infirmities following traumatic cranial bone cranial bone defects following trauma for restoration of function and cosmoses. This study designed to evaluate the influence of cranioplasty as a method of skull repair on work capability of the patients and their employability.

Methods: The authors compared the work capability and employment of 35 patients with traumatic cranial bone defects after head trauma treated in the Neurosurgery Department of Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt from January 2013 to January 2018 before and after cranioplasty.

Full description

Cranioplasty is surgical repair of a cranial bone defect, important to cover defects following skull trauma for restoration of function, cosmoses and protective effects. Cranioplasty is the surgical procedure in which the autologous skull, synthetic materials (titanium, methyl methacrylate, polyetheretherketone implants, hydroxyapatite, and bioceramics are used to repair the skull defect

Enrollment: 35 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 66 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with traumatic skull bone defects

Exclusion criteria

• Patients were not working before trauma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 1 patient group

polymethyl methacrylate Cranioplasty

Other group

Description:

The Cranioplastic kit used (Teknimed, Biomaterials Innovation, Gentafix 1 ®, France) a biocompatible material that is composed of powder and liquid form of polymethyl methacrylate.

Treatment:

Procedure: Cranioplasty