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Single-Stage Surgical Reconstruction of Posttraumatic Compound Complex Fronto-Basal Cranial Vault Fracture in a
Amos Olufemi Adeleye1, Adeola A Olusanya
1*Division of Neurological Surgery, Department of Surgery †Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Background:
The extant literature on the surgical treatment of posttraumatic compound, complex frontal basal calvarial skull fracture suggests that this be a staged procedure. There are many socioeconomic constraints in low-resource regions of the world to the feasibility of this standard practice.
Methods:
A single-stage operative procedure for the surgical treatment of these fractures in a neurosurgery practice in Nigeria is here annotated. In addition, an observational outcome analysis of this surgical technique in a prospective consecutive cohort of patients over a 6-year period is presented.
Results:
Fourteen patients, all males, mean age 33.9 years (SD, 6.6) underwent this surgical procedure. Majority were late neurosurgical referrals, hence median time to surgery was 96 hours (range, 48-2160). Twelve patients (85.7%) had history of loss of consciousness, median duration of 34 hours; 7 (50%) had associated brain contusions; 6 (43%) significant pneumocephalus; and acute extradural and subdural haematoma in 4 and 2 patients respectively. The surgery was successful in all; 13 (93%) had normal outcome on the Glasgow outcome scale at hospital discharge; 12 have been followed up for 1 to 72 months, median 33. Seven of these were for 30 months or more. There was no patient of surgical site infection in the perioperative or the follow-up period to date. The aesthetic outcome was also acceptable.
Conclusion:
The pragmatic surgical technique herein annotated appears clinically and aesthetically effectual in the operative treatment of compound, complex frontal basal cranial vault fracture.
