Problems of reconstruction in neurosurgical patients. (The use of boiled bone in cranioplasty).
The authors report their experience in six cases of head surgery for the simultaneous reconstruction of skin, bone and dura mater. They recommend the use of teflon as a dural substitute and the autogenous bone opercolum, boiled to have it free from cancer cells or infection.
D000368:Aged; D001207:Asepsis / Q000379:methods; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene