TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fernandez, Laura L
AU  - Griswold, Dylan
AU  - Khun, Isla
AU  - Rodriguez De Francisco, Diana Victoria
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/3/7
TI  - Innovative Solutions for Patients Who Undergo Craniectomy: Protocol for a Scoping Review
JO  - JMIR Res Protoc
SP  - e50647
VL  - 13
KW  - cranioplasty
KW  - decompressive craniectomy
KW  - global neurosurgery
KW  - intellectual property
KW  - stroke
KW  - traumatic brain injury
KW  - innovative
KW  - innovative solutions
KW  - craniectomy
KW  - increased intracranial pressure
KW  - intracranial pressure
KW  - prototypes
KW  - medical devices
KW  - middle-income countries
KW  - low-income countries
KW  - noninvasive
AB  - Background: Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a widely used procedure to alleviate high intracranial pressure. Multidisciplinary teams have designed and implemented external medical prototypes to improve patient life quality and avoid complications following DC in patients awaiting cranioplasty (CP), including 3D printing and plaster prototypes when available. Objective: This scoping review aims to understand the extent and type of evidence about innovative external prototypes for patients who undergo DC while awaiting CP. Methods: This scoping review will use the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. This scoping review will include noninvasive medical devices for adult patients who undergo DC while waiting for CP. The search strategy will be implemented in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Scielo, Scopus, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Index Medicus. Patent documents were also allocated in Espacenet, Google Patents, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) database. Results: This scoping review is not subject to ethical approval as there will be no involvement of patients. The dissemination plan includes publishing the review findings in a peer-reviewed journal and presenting results at conferences that engage the most pertinent stakeholders in innovation and neurosurgery. Conclusions: This scoping review will serve as a baseline to provide evidence for multidisciplinary teams currently designing these noninvasive innovations to reduce the risk of associated complications after DC, hoping that more cost-effective models can be implemented, especially in low- and middle-income countries. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/50647 
SN  - 1929-0748
UR  - https://www.researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e50647
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/50647
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38451601
DO  - 10.2196/50647
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/50647
ER  -