Bone Flap Conservation in the Scalp After Decompressive Craniectomy.

Background: Decompressive craniectomy may be used as a primary or secondary treatment for intracranial hypertension and is clearly associated with reduced mortality. The removed bone flap is usually preserved in the abdominal subcutaneous tissue or in the bone bank. The aim of this study was to describe an option for preserving the bone flap after decompressive craniectomy using bone flap preservation in the skull subcutaneous tissue in subgaleal space over the pericranium contralateral to the craniectomy site.

[Decompressive craniectomy for treatment of intracranial hypertension secondary to large ischemic cerebral infarction: analysis of 34 cases].

Unlabelled: The large ischemic cerebral infarction (LICI) is a blood supply loss of a large area in the brain, mainly on the middle cerebral artery. Is possible that evolutes a major edema, intracranial hypertension and death in about 80% of the cases.

Objective: To evaluate the results of a decompressive craniectomy on the treatment of the secondary intracranial hypertension to LICI, comparing to other results of medical literature already published.

[Transspheinoidal transpalatal meningoencephalocele].

Transspheinoidal meningoencephalocele is a rare presentation of dysraphism of the neural tube. It is characterized by the herniation of the neural tissue through a bony defect in the sphenoid bone. The clinical presentation is variable.