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Under what circumstances would you consider completing a decompressive hemicraniectomy and a frontal sinus cranialization at the same time for penetrating cranial trauma?
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Neurosurgery · Keck School of Medicine of USC
If craniectomy is straightforward and the patient is stable under anesthesia for less than 2 hours, we would consider cranialization at the time. Other considerations include whether assistance by a non-neurosurgeon (ophthalmologists, plastics, ENT...) is required and/or if cranialization will requi...