The Adjustable Cranial Plate: A Novel Implant Designed to Eliminate the Need for Cranioplasty Surgery Following a Hemicraniectomy Operation.

ACP implantation during DHC is technically feasible. It achieves a volume of cranial expansion that will accommodate that observed following survivable hemicraniectomy operations. Moving the implant from the up to the down position can easily be performed as a simple outpatient or inpatient bedside procedure, thus potentially eliminating second-stage cranioplasty procedures.