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A. EARL WALKER, MD; FRANCO ERCULEI, MD

Arch Neurol. 1963;9(2):105-110.

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Introduction

It is commonly assumed by surgeons that a properly executed cranioplasty will permanently restore the normal appearance of the head, eliminate the post-traumatic syndrome, and prevent the occurrence of convulsions, if an epilepsy has not developed. A few authors have questioned these assumptions but without presenting wellcontrolled studies to substantiate their contentions. In the course of examination of some 364 men who had received head wounds 15 years previously an opportunity presented for an inquiry into this subject.

For this purpose we incorporated in the neurological check-up points specifically related to the repair of the skull defect. This report, based upon this follow-up study, relates to the findings in 273 men who incurred in World War II head wounds producing cranial defects of varying sizes. In 205 of these men, a plate, in practically all cases, of tantalum, was inserted in the defect. In the other 68 cases, because . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 30, 1963; accepted April 2, 1963.

From the Division of Neurological Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine.

Aided by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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