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Sinking Skin Flap Syndrome, a Rare Complication of Craniectomy

Martin Cassagne1, Anne-Sophie Claes1

  • 1Hôpital de Jolimont, BE.

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
|June 2, 2022
PubMed

Teaching point: Sinking skin flap syndrome is a medical emergency that rarely complicates large craniectomy. It results from an intracerebral hypotension and requires the replacement of the cranial flap.

Keywords:
Sinking skin flap syndromecraniectomyparadoxical herniationsyndrome of the trephined

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