Decompressive craniectomy and early cranioplasty in a 15-year-old boy with N. meningitidis meningitis

Abstract

This unique report shows that decompressive craniotomy with duroplasty may be a crucial therapeutic approach in bacterial meningitis with refractory increased intracranial pressure and brainstem compression. Early cranioplasty with a patient-specific implant allowed the early and full reintegration of the patient.