Individual prefabricated titanium implants and titanium mesh in skull base reconstructive surgery. A report of cases

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 282-290

  Schipper, J ^a,c   Ridder, G J ^a   Spetzger, U ^a   Teszler, C B ^b   Fradis, M ^b   Maier, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio compatible materials; Computer aided design; Computer aided manufacturing; Prosthesis design; Skull base surgery; Titanium

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EAR TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FRONTAL BONE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCIPITAL BONE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TEMPORAL BONE; TERATOMA;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL MESH; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542468932     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0686-8     Document Type: Article

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