Materials and techniques for osseous skull reconstruction

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-121

  Spetzger, Uwe ^a   Vougioukas, Vassilios ^b   Schipper, Jörg ^c  

^a Klinikum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Closure; Computer assisted surgery; Implants; Neurosurgery; Skull reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOMATERIAL; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYMER; TITANIUM;

BONE GRAFT; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77950210564     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645701003644087     Document Type: Review

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