Reconstruction of skull defects: Currently available materials

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1512-1518

  Goiato, Marcelo Coelho ^a,b   Anchieta, Rodolfo Bruniera ^a   Pita, Murillo Sucena ^a   Dos Santos, Daniela Micheline ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cranial vault; Maxillofacial prostheses; Skull reconstruction; Substitute bone

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; GLASS; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE MATRIX; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATRIX; BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CRANIOTOMY; DURAPATITE; ENCEPHALOCELE; GLASS; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 70349694729     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181b09b9a     Document Type: Article

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