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Cranioplasty

2018-03-14 15:16:21
My father underwent cranioplasty on 17 th January 2018 on both sides of head, after decompressive craniotomy on December, he is still having swelling between the skin and bone in one side of head, sometimes it leaks and it heals, then again after few days its swelling, is it dangerous?
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Yes if it's csf then can cause serious infection and may require shunt

Answered2018-03-18 15:31:40

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