Hydroxyapatite cranioplasty: 2. Clinical experience with a new quick-setting material

J Craniofac Surg. 2003 Mar;14(2):209-14. doi: 10.1097/00001665-200303000-00014.

Abstract

A clinical series of 62 patients who underwent cranioplasty using a new quick-setting hydroxyapatite (HA) material was done over a 2-year period. The majority of procedures (69%) were performed for secondary reconstruction of frontal, temporal, and supraorbital deficiencies after primary repair of a craniosynostosis. The frontal sinus was obliterated as part of the cranioplastic procedure in 5 cases (8%) in older patients. The material set effectively in approximately 5 minutes with a good working time. Infection occurred in 3 patients (5%) which was treated by removing the HA cranioplastic material. This faster-setting HA material offers similar cranioplastic benefits as other materials but with an accelerated intraoperative set time.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Biocompatible Materials / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Substitutes / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Craniosynostoses / surgery
  • Durapatite / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Bone / surgery
  • Frontal Sinus / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Orbit / surgery
  • Skull / surgery*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology
  • Temporal Bone / surgery
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Bone Substitutes
  • Durapatite