Single procedure revision cranioplasty with intra-operative autoclave following titanium plate exposure.

Autor: Moneim J; School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Wenlock RD; School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Wells AJ; Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Price RD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Timofeev I; Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Helmy A; Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Hutchinson PJ; Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: British journal of neurosurgery [Br J Neurosurg] 2020 Jun; Vol. 34 (3), pp. 329-332. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 18.
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2019.1690129
Abstrakt: Background: Patients with titanium cranioplasties can develop skin defects and plate exposure requiring revision surgery to prevent infection. The management of these patients has historically been staged surgery to remove the exposed plate followed by re-implantation of a sterile plate at a later date. Objectives: We describe an alternative where the exposed plate is removed, sterilised by autoclaving and re-implanted, in one operation. Methods: Patients with exposed titanium cranioplasties who underwent single-stage revisions were identified over a 30-month period. All patients received antibiotics post-procedure and were followed up. Results: Between June 2015 and December 2017 four patients had five single-stage revision cranioplasties with intraoperative autoclave sterilisation (SSRC). The mean time from initial procedure to revision was 5.6years. The mean time from plate exposure to surgery was 7 days. Plate exposure recurred in 60% (3/5) of cases post-SSRC. Two of these had the plate removed. The other had a second SSRC. On average recurrent plate exposure developed 17 months after SSRC. The 2 cases who had the plate removed remained complication-free to last follow up at 25 and 52 months after SSRC. Conclusions: Single procedure revision cranioplasty with intra-operative autoclave following titanium plate exposure may be considered as an option in patients with plate exposure who do not have other evidence on infection but we found recurrent plate exposure occurred in 50%.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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