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A review of reconstructive materials for use in craniofacial surgery bone fixation materials, bone substitutes, and distractors

Authors: James Tait Goodrich, Adam L. Sandler, Oren Tepper

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 9/2012

Abstract

Over the last 40 years, craniofacial surgery, in general, and surgery for craniosynostosis, in particular, has witnessed the introduction of a number of new materials for use in operations involving the cranial vault. Some of these materials have proven quite useful over time, while others have failed to meet their stated objectives. In this review, the more popular implant materials are analyzed, and their relative merits and drawbacks are discussed. Craniofacial surgery in the pediatric population has its own unique limitations, quite different from the adult population and those issues are reviewed as well.

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Title: A review of reconstructive materials for use in craniofacial surgery bone fixation materials, bone substitutes, and distractors
Authors: James Tait Goodrich
Adam L. Sandler
Oren Tepper
Publication date: 01-09-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 9/2012
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1776-y

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