Complex orbito-fronto-temporal reconstruction using computer-designed PEEK implant

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 224-228

  Scolozzi, Paolo ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^b   Jaques, Bertrand ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alloplastic implants; Computer designed implants; Cranioplasty; PEEK

Indexed keywords

POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CALVARIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TEMPORAL BONE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33846587469     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000249359.56417.7e     Document Type: Article

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