Calvarial reconstruction with polyetheretherketone implants

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 653-655

  Hanasono, Matthew M ^a   Goel, Neha ^a   DeMonte, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calvarial reconstruction; Cranioplasty; Implant; PEEK; Polyetheretherketone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SKULL; STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66149101319     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318184abc7     Document Type: Article

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