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The impact of cranioplasty on the patients' quality of life.
Worm, Paulo Valdeci; Finger, Guilherme; Ludwig do Nascimento, Tobias; Rynkowski, Carla Bittencourt; Collares, Marcus Vinicius Martins.
Affiliation
  • Worm PV; Post Graduation Program in Medicine: Surgical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Neurosurgery Department of Cristo Redentor Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: paulo.worm@ufrgs.br.
  • Finger G; Post Graduation Program in Medicine: Surgical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Neurosurgery Department of Cristo Redentor Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Ludwig do Nascimento T; Post Graduation Program in Medicine: Surgical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Neurosurgery Department of Cristo Redentor Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Rynkowski CB; Intensive Care Unit Department of Cristo Redentor Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Collares MVM; Department of Plastic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg ; 47(5): 715-719, 2019 May.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30803855
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life in patients with moderate or large cranial bone defects before and after late cranioplasty. METHODS: Authors performed a prospective clinical trial including all consecutive patients that filled inclusion criteria during a period of 1 year. All patients answered the quality of life SF-36 questionnaire in 5 different times. Besides authors gathered information about the primary trauma and demographic characteristics. RESULTS: A total of 70 consecutive patients were admitted to the hospital during the study period, and 62 were included in the project. Cranioplasty statistically improved patients' quality of life in all 8 domains after a 24 months follow-up. CONCLUSION: Cranioplasty has a significant impact over the quality of life in brain trauma victims who survived the primary trauma and harbor a large cranial bone defect.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Life Type of study: Observational_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Craniomaxillofac Surg Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2019 Document type: Article Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Life Type of study: Observational_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Craniomaxillofac Surg Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2019 Document type: Article Country of publication: United kingdom