Open AccessCRANIOPLASTY FOR PROSTHETIC CRANIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF SKULL DEFECTS USING PRE-FABRICATED POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE GRAFTS REINFORCED BY HYDROXYAPATITE PARTICLES INTRAOPERATIVELY IN RURAL POPULATION OF CENTRAL INDIA REGION: A PILOT STUDY
Author(s) -
Sandeep Iratwar,
Sweta Kale Pisulkar,
Akshay Patil
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v3i11.738
Subject(s) - cranioplasty , cranial vault , skull , medicine , neurosurgery , polymethyl methacrylate , surgery , population , dentistry , materials science , composite material , environmental health , polymer
Cranioplasty involves the repair of a cranial defect or deformation. The commoner causes of skull defects include trauma, neurosurgical procedures and infections. Rehabilitation of the deformities related to the cranial vault, as a sequelto trauma is very high and poses a definite challenge to the neurosurgeon
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