Skull Augmentation in Young Children with Plagiocephaly
Plagiocephaly is a term used for a broad collection of congenital skull deformities that involve a general twisting or rotation of the skull base. This is most commonly seen as flattening on one side...
View ArticleCase Study – Minimal Incision Bone Cement Occipital Cranioplasty
Background: Skull deformities of the back of the head are very common. It is probably the one skull area that has the greatest incidence of shape distortions. This likely occurs because it is the...
View ArticleCase Study – Custom Occipital Skull Implant
Background: Deformities of the back of the head, or of the occipital skull, are not uncommon. Due to the back of the head being exposed to pressures in utero and after birth, occipital deformation is...
View ArticleCase Study – Bone Cement Cranioplasty
Background: The external shape of the head is a direct reflection of the form of the skull underneath it. While skulls can have various sizes and are made up of multiple cranial bones, a smooth and...
View ArticleOR Snapshots – 3D Forehead Reconstruction Implant
Forehead reconstruction encompasses a variety of inlay and onlay bone procedures. Reconstruction of full-thickness frontal bone defects most commonly occurs from either neurosurgical procedures where...
View ArticleCase Study – Custom Forehead Reconstructive Implant
Background: Reconstruction of the forehead is very different than aesthetic forehead augmentation. By definition reconstruction is required when a portion of the bony forehead has sustained a...
View ArticleOR Snapshots – Titanium Cranioplasty
Reconstruction of the skull can be done using a variety of alloplastic materials. Over the years synthetic cranioplasties have evolved from solid metal plates to bone cements to computer-generated...
View ArticleCase Study – Temporal Skull Reconstruction with Hydroxyapatite Cement
Background: Access to the brain and its lining requires the removal of part of he skull. Known as a craniotomy flap, the bone is usually removed in he shape of a semicircle or a full circle. Once the...
View ArticleCase Study – Hydroxyapatite Cement and Resorbable Backing for Full-Thickness...
Background: Early cranial vault surgery for a variety of congenital craniosynostosis disorders has been done for over thirty years. Such surgery is done at an early because the bone is thin enough to...
View ArticleePTFE Sheeting for Limited Augmentative Craniplasties
Augmentation of the outer contours of the skull, commonly referred to as cranioplasty, has been done using a wide variety of biomaterials. The different types of materials used speaks to the great...
View ArticlePlastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal Skull Reconstruction with...
Background: Access to the brain and its lining requires the removal of part of he skull. Known as a craniotomy flap, the bone is usually removed in he shape of a semicircle or a full circle. Once the...
View ArticleTechnical Strategies – Antibiotic Integration into Hydroxyapatite Cements for...
Reconstruction of skull defects has been done with synthetic materials for a long time. Known as bone cements, these synthetic composites are created intraoperatively by mixing powders with a liquid...
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