Shape modifications of porous hydroxyapatite prostheses to improve rigid implant fixation: Experience in 12 cases

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Di Rienzo, Alessandro ^a   Iacoangeli, Maurizio ^a   di Somma, Lucia G M ^a   Alvaro, Lorenzo ^a   Nocchi, Niccolò ^a   Scerrati, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone fixation; decompressive craniectomy; hydroxyapatite cranioplasty; osteointegration; prostheses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979228714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.105100     Document Type: Article

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