Reconstruction of the supraorbital ridge using aluminum.
Aluminum was used to reconstruct the supraorbital ridge and adjacent frontal bone in six patients. Its malleability makes it particularly useful for this purpose. Each cranioplasty was done several months after injury. The longest follow-up is 19 years and the shortest three years. There were no complications. The results are satisfactory.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000535:Aluminum; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery
D000535:Aluminum