Management and outcomes of craniectomy and cranioplasty in pediatric intracranial infections: a multicenter cohort study
Craniectomy is frequently required in pediatric patients with severe intracranial infections and is followed by delayed cranioplasty with low complication rates in our cohort. Careful timing and individualized material selection are essential for safe and successful cranial reconstruction in this vulnerable population.
Authors
- Sevgi Sarikaya-Seiwert
- Thomas M. Freiman
- Artem Rafaelian
- Christian Senft
- Daniel Scurtu
- Joshua D. Bernstock
- Hartmut Vatter
- Malte Ottenhausen
- Silvia Hernández-Durán
- Joe Jun Qiao Chen
- Florian Ringel
- Sae-Yeon Won
- Matthias Schneider
- Stefanie Kästner
- Daniel Dubinski
- Nazife Dinc
- Wolfgang Deinsberger
- Phillipp Dammann
- Ulrich Sure
- Nazeer Aboud
- Florian Gessler
- Laurèl Rauschenbach
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
- Klinikum Kassel (DE)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University of Rostock (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child s Nervous System
- Published
- 2026-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-026-07149-4
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00