Is polymethylmethacrylate reliable and practical in full-thickness cranial defect reconstructions?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1236-1239

  Akan, Mithat ^a   Karaca, Mustafa ^a   Eker, Güniz ^a   Karanfil, Hüseyin ^a   Aköz, Tayfun ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

alloplastic material; cranioplasty; Polymethylmethacrylate; premolding

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; SKULL; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TISSUE EXPANSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051546407     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821c0f34     Document Type: Article

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