Onlay frontal cranioplasty using wire reinforced methyl methacrylate

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 138-142

  Greene, Arin K ^a   Warren, Stephen M ^b   McCarthy, Joseph G ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acrylic; cranioplasty; methyl methacrylate; rebar; reinforce; steel; titanium; wire

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SILICONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOPLASTY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE WIRES; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SILICONES;

EID: 41149115982     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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