External Post-Operative Skull Prosthesis to Prevent Sunken Flap Syndrome in Craniectomy Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients that undergo bilateral decompressive hemicraniectomy
• •Patients that undergo suboccipital decompressive craniectomy
• •Patients with pre-existing diagnosis of hydrocephalus
• •Patients with a ventriculoperitoneal, ventriculoatrial, or other permanent cerebrospinal fluid shunt
• •Patients with an open external ventricular drain at the time of their 2 week post-craniectomy assessment