Use of absorbable poly (D,L) lactic acid plates in cranial-vault remodeling: Presentation of the first case and lessons learned about its use

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-339

  Acosta, Humberto L ^a,b   Stelnicki, Eric J ^a,b,c   Rodriguez, Luis ^a   Slingbaum, Lisa A ^a,b  

^a JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial vault; Craniosynostosis; PDLLA

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; ISOMER; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PALPATION; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYESTERS;

EID: 22244491626     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/03-071.1     Document Type: Article

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