Materials used in cranioplasty: A history and analysis

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Shah, Aatman M ^a   Jung, Henry ^a   Skirboll, Stephen ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Alumina ceramics; Cranioplasty; Graft; Hydroxyapatite; Methyl methacrylate; PEEK implants; Titanium mesh

Indexed keywords

BONE PROSTHESIS;

BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICES; HISTORY; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SKULL; SURGERY;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CRANIOTOMY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 84897515265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.2.FOCUS13561     Document Type: Article

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