We read with great interest the recently published article titled “Complications following
titanium cranioplasty compared with nontitanium implants cranioplasty: A systematic
review and meta-analysis” by Zhu et al. [
[1]
]. In this review, the authors perform a meta-analysis to assess the relative risks
of various complications in titanium allografts versus all other materials. While
we applaud the efforts of the authors in conducting this analysis, we noticed some
flaws in the data synthesis and analysis.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Accepted:
February 13,
2021
Received:
February 11,
2021
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