New Method of Pediatric Cranioplasty for Skull Defect Utilizing Polylactic Acid Absorbable Plates and Carbonated Apatite Bone Cement

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 469-472

  Cohen, Anders J ^a   Dickerman, Rob D ^a   Schneider, Steven J ^a  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbable plating; Cranial fixation; Craniectomy; Craniotomy; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE CEMENT; CARBOAPATITE; GELATIN SPONGE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; APATITES; BONE CEMENTS; BONE PLATES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MALE; POLYMERS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042702383     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200405000-00025     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Klemencic H. Cranioplasty with cancellous bone. Chir Maxillofac Plast 1964;4:128-136
2. Galicich JH, Hovind KH. Stainless steel meshacrylic cranioplasty. Technical note. J Neurosurg 1967;27:376-378
3. Bricolo A, Benati A, Bazzan A. Cranioplasty with acrylic resin, with heavy stainless steel mesh and with fragments of theca. Minerva Neurochir 1967;11:208-211
4. Vanaclocha V, Bazan A, Saiz-Sapena N, et al. Use of cranial vault bone allografts in the repair of extensive cranial bone defects. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1997;139:653-660
5. Eppley BL, Sadove AM. A comparison of resorbable and metallic fixation in healing of calvarial bone grafts. Plast Reconstr Surg 1995;96:316-322
6. Habal MB. Triad of system applications for absorbable rigid cranial fixation of the craniofacial skeleton. J Craniofac Surg 1996;7:394-398
7. Kumar AV, Staffenberg DA, Petronio JA, et al. Bioabsorbable plates and screws in pediatric craniofacial surgery: a review of 22 cases. J Craniofac Surg 1997;8:97-99
8. Winkler PA, Stummer W, Linke R, et al. Influence of cranioplasty on postural blood flow regulation, cerebrovascular reserve capacity, and cerebral glucose metabolism. J Neurosurg 2000;93:53-61
9. Barone CM, Jimenez DF. Special considerations in pediatric cranial fixation: a technical overview. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma 1996;2:42-47
10. Winston KR, Wang MC. Cranial bone fixation in infants and children. Pediatr Neurosurg 1999;31:225-230
11. Kosaka M, Miyanohara T, Wada Y, et al. Intracranial migration of fixation wires following correction of craniosynostosis in an infant. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2003;31:15-19
12. Taggard DA, Menezes AH. Successful use of rib grafts for cranioplasty in children. Pediatr Neurosurg 2001;34:149-155
13. Steinbok P. Repair of a congenital cranial defect in a newborn with autologous calvarial bone. Childs Nerv Syst 2000;16:247-249
14. Kopylov P, Jonsson K, Thorngren KG, et al. Injectable calcium phosphate in the treatment of distal radial fractures. J Hand Surg Br 1996;21:768-771
15. Suuronen R, Haers PE, Lindqvist C, et al. Update on bioresorbable plates in maxillofacial surgery. Facial Plast Surg 1999;15:61-72
16. Wiltfang J, Merten HA, Schultze-Mosgau S, et al. Biodegradable miniplates: long-term results in infant minipigs and clinical results. J Craniofac Surg 2000;11:239-243
17. Gosain AK. Hydroxyapatite cement paste cranioplasty for the treatment of temporal hollowing after cranial vault remodeling in a growing child. J Craniofac Surg 1997;8:506-511
18. Muhonen MG, Piper JG, Menezes AH. Pathogenesis and treatment of growing skull fractures. Surg Neurol 1995;43:367-372