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| Where can you put the bone flap if you can't use it immediately? |
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| The bone bank or under the subcutaneous layer in the patient's abdomen. |
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| What are the most common materials used to do a cranioplasty? |
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| Methyl Methacrylate or titanium mesh |
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| What do you remove excess bone fragments with? |
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| The edges of the defect should be trimmed to look like what? |
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| What is the wound irrigated with? |
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| Warm Saline (possibly with antibiotic solution) |
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| After taking the cement out, what should be used on it while exothermic reactions are taking place? |
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| Excess material is trimmed away from the cement plate with what? |
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| What is used to smooth out the edges of the cement plate? |
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| What is used to secure the plate to the skull? |
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Definition
| Suture or small stainless steel wires |
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| Holes need to be drilled in the plate and periphery of the skull in order to place securing suture/wire. (T/F) |
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| Post-Op: Cardiac and neurological functions are monitored every hour for ____ hours. |
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| When can the patient be discharged? (No Complications) |
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| What is the wound classification of this case? |
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| What are possible complications post op? |
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| Infection, wound breakdown, intracranial hemorrhage, sunken cranioplasty |
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| Why is a cranioplasty performed? |
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| To repair defects in the skull |
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