Individual prefabricated titanium implant for the reconstruction of the skull bone defect.
- Author:
Lai GUI
1
;
Feng ZUO
;
Zhi-yong ZHANG
;
De-lin XIA
;
Feng NIU
;
Ji JIN
;
Bin YU
;
Jin-chao LUO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Male; Prostheses and Implants; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; methods; Skull; surgery; Skull Fractures; surgery; Titanium; Treatment Outcome
- From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2004;20(2):98-100
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVEThis paper presents a new method of individual prefabricated titanium implant for the reconstruction of the skull bone defect.
METHODA computer-based 3D model of the cranial bone defect is created from helical CT-data and serves as the basis for the computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) of the individual prefabricated titanium implant for the cranial bone defect reconstruction.
RESULTSince 2001, a total of nine patients suffering from the cranial bone defect have been operated on by this method with satisfied result. The fallow-up is 3 to 12 months.
CONCLUSIONThese individual prefabricated titanium implants have won a high precision, a good biomechanics and a excellent biocompatibility. It is a quite ideal and very simple method with much less complication for the surgical treatment of the cranial bone defect.
