title: Problems of reconstruction in neurosurgical patients. (The use of boiled bone in cranioplasty).
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene