Computer-designed implants for fronto-orbital defect reconstruction

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-34

  Frodel Jr , John L ^a,b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Atlanta Medical Day Spa   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer generation; Computer models; Cranial defects; Orbital defects; Porous polyethylene

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS; PTOSIS; REVIEW; SKULL DEFECT;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLAST INJURIES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SKULL FRACTURES; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39449099869     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021459     Document Type: Review

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