顱骨移除對急性腦壓上升是很有效的治療,而穩定期後的顱骨重建也是必要的。自1670年第一個顱骨重建的例子以來,有很多顱骨重建的方法及材料被提出來:顱骨的重建通常在顱骨移除後幾個月施行,然而最常發生的併發症就是術後感染。感染發生的原因很多,而感染發生的時問依其他作者報告約在術後十天,被報告出來最久的是在術後42個月,在此提出一位術後25年發生延遲性感染之個案報告。
Different types of materials are currently used in order to repair cranial defect. Each method possesses advantages and disadvantages. The most common complication of cranioplasty is late infection and there are many risk factors of infection. The mean onset of infection may be as early as 10 days after surgery, as late as 42 months. We report a diabetic case with wound infection which occurred 25 years after cranioplasty using stainless steel mesh. To the best of our knowledge, such infection has never been reported to occur so long after the surgery.