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Cranioplasty

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Cranioplasty or replacement of bone flap or prosthesis is a surgical procedure usually performed to fill in or replace a defect in the skull following a craniectomy or removal of a bone flap (Fig. 1).

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Source: Winder et al. (1999)

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  1. Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire Co Dublin, Ireland

    Jacinta McElligott

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McElligott, J. (2018). Cranioplasty. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_16

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