Abstract

  Cranioplasty following Decompressive craniectomy is a common procedure done to cover the bony defect of skull. Bone regeneration is a complex process of body involving several mechanisms. Sometimes even with bone replacement healing do not occur leading to malunion and nonunion. We report a rare case of spontaneous cranial bone regeneration at craniectomy site in one year old child.

Keywords: Decompressive Craniectomy (DC); Cranioplasty; Bone Regeneration

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Citation

Citation: Mehul Modi., et al. “Spontaneous Bone Formation at Craniectomy Site in a One Year Old Child". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 3.10 (2020): 02-03.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Mehul Modi., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.