Cranioplasty with customized titanium and PEEK implants in a mechanical stress model

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1077-1083

  Lethaus, Bernd ^a   Safi, Yara ^b   Ter Laak Poort, Mariel ^a   Kloss Brandstätter, Anita ^c   Banki, Frans ^a   Robbenmenke, Christian ^b   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^b   Kessler, Peter ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

decompressive craniectomy; in vivo studies; surgery; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

KETONE; POLY ETHER ETHER KETONE; POLYAMIDE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOLYSIS; SKULL MALFORMATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CRANIOTOMY; KETONES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM;

EID: 84859911652     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1794     Document Type: Article

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