[Cranioplasty; new ways (author's transl)]

Zentralbl Chir. 1977;102(21):1313-9.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Report on cranioplasty by prefabricated plastic implants, reinforced by stainless steel meshes resp. plates or by glass fibre meshes. In frontal cranioplasties the missing orbital roof was reconstructed by the same technique. To avoid infections the nasal sinuses were sealed by a pedicled mucosal flap resp. a free transplanted flap taken from the periosteum of the tibia. All 39 patients operated on this way during the last 6 years are free of complaints and clinical symptoms.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Bone Cements
  • Bone Plates
  • Craniotomy / methods*
  • Glass
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Skull Fractures / surgery*
  • Surgery, Plastic / methods*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
  • Titanium

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Bone Cements
  • Titanium