Skull reconstruction with a two-part interlocking custom-made titanium plate

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999 Feb;37(1):70-2. doi: 10.1054/bjom.1998.0349.

Abstract

We have used a two-part interlocking titanium plate for cranioplasty in two patients with large skull defects in which reconstruction with a titanium plate was required and extensive contouring of the plate was necessary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Plates*
  • Bone Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Craniotomy / rehabilitation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Meningioma / surgery
  • Skull / surgery*
  • Surface Properties
  • Surgical Wound Infection / surgery
  • Titanium*

Substances

  • Titanium