Have head injury. Titanium plates planted. For flap rotation plates were removed. Gap in skull. Fill up by itself?
Patient: hi doctor , my son is 10 yrs old . one year back he fell in a 70 feet well .. he sustained head injury ...he went thru a neuro surgery where titanium plates were planted in his head to hold the broken bone pieces . un fortunately the skin on the top gave way . he had to be put thru another surgery in which a flap rotation was done, also the plates implantd  earlier were removed,... nw he has a gap in his skull measuring 6cm by 4 cm.  my question to u is .....do such gaps fill up on his own....?do we need to get it covered up...?thnk you Chitra Doctor: Hi,Thank you for posting your query.The gaps in the skull may reduce over time, however, they may not get filled up. Generally, there is no problem. However, it can be covered by a surgery called as cranioplasty. You can discuss more about this with his neurosurgeon.Please get back if you require any additional information.Best wishes,Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)Senior Consultant NeurologistApollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,My personal URL on this website:  http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com