Maxillofacial reconstruction using polyetheretherketone patient-specific implants by "mirroring" computational planning

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 660-665

  Scolozzi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alloplastic implants; Computer assisted surgery; Computer designed implants; PEEK

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84863980834     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-011-9853-2     Document Type: Article

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