[Alloplasty of cranial defects in children].

In 52 patients whose ages ranged from 2 to 15 years skull defects 6 to 8 cm2 in size were closed with cold-stored grafts of the skull bone of an adult donor. Resorption of the graft in the late period occurred in one patient who underwent a second alloplasty with good results. Alloplasty of defects in the skull of children may be accomplished with a graft taken from an adult donor. In children, allotransplantation has advantages over explantation because the skull defect is repaired with bone of full biological value and an allograft may be used for closure of a defect of any size and in a child of any age, a young child among others.