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5 Facts - Cranial Bone Flap Processing
Over 30,000 decompressive craniectomies are performed each year and a significant percentage of the cranial bone flaps involved are either infected or compromised. Cranial Bone Flap Processing: Explantation to Safe Re-implantation is a one-hour credit continuing education program filled with valuable, life-saving information on cranial bone flap recovery, processing and storage. You'll learn about today's regulations, standards and recommended practices and discover why more and more hospitals are following industry recommendations to outsource these critically important steps to a qualified tissue bank.
 A patient's native bone is better than synthetic grafts for reincorporation and is also less costly.
Appropriate processing and storage of autologous cranial bone flap are significant factors in positive patient outcomes.
There's a greater risk for infection and compromised tissue when processing takes place in the hospital.
Autologous tissue processing must follow specific federal regulations and standards regardless of the site in which processing is performed.
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