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Comment
. 2024 Sep 23;20(3):209-211.
doi: 10.13004/kjnt.2024.20.e29. eCollection 2024 Sep.

Letter to the Editor: Commentary on Unseparated Temporal Muscle and Duramater Cranioplasty Methods Following Decompressive Craniectomy: Technical Note (Korean J Neurotrauma 2024;20:101-107)

Paolo Missori  1 , Sergio Paolini  2 , Antonio Currà  3
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Letter to the Editor: Commentary on Unseparated Temporal Muscle and Duramater Cranioplasty Methods Following Decompressive Craniectomy: Technical Note (Korean J Neurotrauma 2024;20:101-107)

Paolo Missori et al. Korean J Neurotrauma. .
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Conflict of Interest: The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1. Intraoperative findings in the reconstructive procedure after decompressive craniectomy. (A) After opening of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue without any adherence, the polyethylene sheet previously placed in the decompressive craniectomy under the temporal muscle and subcutaneous tissue, lie on the dura mater and an added strip of dural patch. The external surface of the temporal muscle (yellow asterisk) is covered by a thin layer of connective tissue, unlike the dural patch which does not have any overlying connective tissue. (B) The polyethylene sheet can be lift and removed without any adherence. (C) Note the connective tissue covering the dura mater. (D) The partially retracted temporal muscle is raised to show the internal surface and the absence of any adherence. After scraping of the bone edges, the autologous bone flap can be placed and fixed with titanium microplates.
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