Open AccessReliability of Cranial Flap Fixation Techniques: Comparative Experimental Evaluation of Suturing, Titanium Miniplates, and a New Rivet-like Titanium Clamp (CranioFix): Technical Note
Author(s) -
K. D. Lerch
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1097/00006123-199904000-00137
Subject(s) - fixation (population genetics) , medicine , cadaver , cranioplasty , orthodontics , clamp , titanium , dentistry , surgery , skull , materials science , mechanical engineering , engineering , population , clamping , environmental health , metallurgy
To ensure patients' safety, the mechanical strength of cranial flap refixation techniques and implants (sutures, titanium miniplates, and new rivet-like titanium clamps) had to be validated.