Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain
Short Communication
Complications of Cranioplasty: Trying Not to Harm
Author(s): Pelayo Hevia-Rodríguez*, Irati de Goñi-García, Patricia Moreno-Moya, Alejandro Elúa-Pinín and Nicolás Samprón
Cranioplasty is a procedure routinely performed in neurosurgery.
It is associated with significant morbidity and several types of
post-surgical complications. Atypical facial pain has not been
documented yet as a potential postoperative complication. We
discuss a case of atypical facial pain reported during the
immediate postoperative period after a patient-specific
implant patient-specific cranioplasty. The pain was refractory
to medical treatment and sphenopalatine ganglion block.
Eventually, the pain disappeared after the surgical revision of
the cranial implant. .. View More»
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