Are normal studies essential for objective medical evaluations of children who may have been sexually abused?
The study by Myhre and associates is another addition to a growing collection of good science in a field of medicine where objectivity is essential.
Early cranioplasty in non-infection-related craniectomy is relatively safe. There does not appear to be an added advantage to delaying cranioplasties more than 12 weeks after the initial craniectomy in terms of infection reduction. There was no significant difference in infection rates or risk of hydrocephalus between the early and late cohorts.