Craniofacial Surgery Perioperative Registry

Completed

Conditions studied: Craniotomy

In brief

Craniofacial reconstruction procedures are undertaken in young children to improve appearance, prevent functional disturbances, and enhance psychosocial development. These procedures involve wide scalp dissections and multiple osteotomies and have been associated with significant morbidity. The most commonly seen perioperative complications are associated with the rate and extent of blood loss. This prospective observational registry will be a research tool which will provide a means to evaluate perioperative management of these children at CHOP.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00658242

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

249

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-08-09

Who can join

Age: any, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Males or females with ages from birth to 18 years.
• Patients undergoing surgical procedures on the craniofacial region performed by plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, or by plastic surgeons in concert with neurosurgeons.
• Patients undergoing plastic surgical procedures involving a craniotomy, craniectomy, maxillofacial osteotomy, strip craniectomy, or other plastic surgical procedure involving bones of the head and face.
• Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and if appropriate, child assent.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients undergoing craniofacial plastic surgical procedures not involving bones of the head and face.
• Patients not admitted to the intensive care unit following surgery.
• Patients undergoing procedures only involving the mandible.

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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