Polypropylene-polyester cranial prostheses prepared with CAD/CAM technology. Report of first 15 cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-315

  Kasprzak, Piotr ^a   Tomaszewski, Grzegorz ^a   Wróbel Wiśniewska, Grayna ^a   Zawirski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bone defect; Bone prosthesis; Cranioplasty; Polypropylene polyester knitwear

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS; SKULL MALFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANESTHESIA; BONE PLATES; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SKULL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954419982     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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