Custom made bioceramic implants in complex and large cranial reconstruction: A two-year follow-up

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Staffa, Guido ^a   Barbanera, Andrea ^b   Faiola, Andrea ^c   Fricia, Marco ^d   Limoni, Paolo ^e   Mottaran, Ruggero ^f   Zanotti, Bruno ^g   Stefini, Roberto ^h  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S Elia Hospital   (Italy)

^e Maggiore Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial reconstruction; Customised cranioplasty; Porous hydroxyapatite prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCERAMICS; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAFETY; SKULL DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CERAMICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRANIOTOMY; DURAPATITE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; HYDROXYAPATITES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PARIETAL BONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858702390     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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