Despite being a common procedure, cranioplasty (CP) is associated with a variety of
serious, at times lethal, complications. This study explored the relationship between the …

Background Infection may complicate the outcome of cranial repair with significant
additional morbidity, related to hospitalization, surgery and long antibiotic therapy, that may …

Background Although surgical site infection after craniotomy (SSI-CRAN) is a serious
complication, risk factors for its development have not been well defined. We aim to identify …

OBJECTIVE Deep brain stimulation is an effective surgical treatment for managing some
neurological and psychiatric disorders. Infection related to the deep brain stimulator (DBS) …

OBJECTIVE Performing a cranioplasty (CP) after decompressive craniotomy is a
straightforward neurosurgical procedure, but it remains associated with a high complication …

OBJECTIVE Various implanted materials are used in neurosurgery; however, there remains
a lack of pooled data on infection rates (IRs) and infective bacteria over past decades. The …

Purpose: The infection is an essential problem in the clinical practice in orthopedics. The
bibliometric analysis was conducted to evaluate the top 100 cited articles on infection in …

BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs) after spine and brain surgery present a major
burden to patients and hospitals by increasing morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs …

Objective: Despite evidence favoring perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (ABP) use in
patients undergoing craniotomy to reduce rates of surgical site infections (SSIs) …

Methods: All CPs performed between 2012 and 2019 were analyzed under IRB protocol
approval. Surgeries were categorized as either primary (no previous CP; n= 279) or revision …