Computer-designed PEEK implants: A peek into the future of cranioplasty?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ng, Zhi Yang ^a   Nawaz, Irfan ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

craniectomy; Cranioplasty; PEEK; polyetheretherketone

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893361535     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a2f7b6     Document Type: Article

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