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<journal>
<title>Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery</title>
<title_fa>مجله جراحی مغز و اعصاب ایران</title_fa>
<short_title>Iran J Neurosurg</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://irjns.org</web_url>
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<journal_hbi_system_user>admin</journal_hbi_system_user>
<journal_id_issn>2423-6497</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2423-6829</journal_id_issn_online>
<journal_id_pii></journal_id_pii>
<journal_id_doi>10.32598/irjns</journal_id_doi>
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<journal_id_sid></journal_id_sid>
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<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1398</year>
	<month>1</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2019</year>
	<month>4</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>5</volume>
<number>2</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
<articleset>
	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>Post-Market Surveillance Study of a Skull Flap Fixation Device: Cranfixer</title>
	<subject_fa></subject_fa>
	<subject>Basic Neurosurgery</subject>
	<content_type_fa></content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Clinical Trial</content_type>
	<abstract_fa></abstract_fa>
	<abstract>&lt;strong&gt;Background and Aim: &lt;/strong&gt;Cranfixer was approved in 2017 by the Food and Drug Administration of Iran&amp;nbsp;as a skull flap fixation and also a burr hole cover. The effectiveness and safety of this commercial&amp;nbsp;medical device were investigated in detail by the regulatory auditors.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Methods and Materials/Patients:&lt;/strong&gt; Cranfixer was used for ninety-five patients. Sixty patients were&amp;nbsp;selected from a list if they had at least two follow-ups after surgery. The following variables were&amp;nbsp;investigated: age, gender, number of Cranfixers, device loosening, infection, and prominence. In&lt;br&gt;
addition, a retrospective review was performed about the reason of surgery.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Flap loosening and infection were the major variables surveyed. On average, two Cranfixers&amp;nbsp;were used for each patient. Patients&amp;rsquo; median age was 44 years. There was no sex preference (50%&amp;nbsp;male). The craniotomy occurred in the frontal (50%), occipital (3%), parietal (20%), and temporal (27%)&lt;br&gt;
lobes. Based on examination and CT imaging, no cases of loosening were observed. Just in one&amp;nbsp;patient, one of two Cranfixers was infected (P&lt;0.001).&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;The reliability and functionality of Cranfixer were proved in pre-market test and the&amp;nbsp;results of this study confirm them. Cranfixer provides safe, reliable and long-term functionality.</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Internal fixators, Skull, Burrhole cover, Cranfixer, Product surveillance, Postmarketing</keyword>
	<start_page>54</start_page>
	<end_page>62</end_page>
	<web_url>http://irjns.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-264-1&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>Seyed Roholah</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Ghodsi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>roholahghodsi@gmail.com (Corresponding author)</email>
	<code>10031947532846005131</code>
	<orcid>10031947532846005131</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>DanaWell Company, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Hosein</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Esmaili Dezaki</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>hesmaeilid@gmail.com</email>
	<code>10031947532846005132</code>
	<orcid>10031947532846005132</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>DanaWell Company, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Morteza</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Alizadeh</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>mor1361@gmail.com</email>
	<code>10031947532846005133</code>
	<orcid>10031947532846005133</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>. Department of Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Zahra</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Namazi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>zahra.t.namazi@gmail.com</email>
	<code>10031947532846005134</code>
	<orcid>10031947532846005134</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Dental Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti Univeristy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
</articleset>
</journal>
