The fate of a macroporous hydroxyapatite cranioplasty four years after implantation: Macroscopical and microscopical findings in a case of recurrent atypical meningioma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1496-1498

  Frassanito, Paolo ^a   De Bonis, Pasquale ^a   Mattogno, Pier Paolo ^a   Mangiola, Annunziato ^a   Novello, Mariangela ^a   Brinchi, Domenico ^a   Pompucci, Angelo ^a   Anile, Carmelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioceramic; Cranioplasty; Hydroxyapatite; Osteointegration; Skull repair

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BONE GRAFT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BIOCERAMIC; CRANIOPLASTY; HYDROXYAPATITE; OSTEOINTEGRATION; SKULL REPAIR;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE CEMENTS; CRANIOTOMY; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880327741     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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