Titanium mesh and acrylic cranioplasty.
Since June 1985 100 cranioplasties have been carried out using titanium mesh and acrylic. There have been no complications and no infections. Titanium mesh is virtually radiolucent. Titanium is nonmagnetic and is the most biocompatible metal known.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000601:surgery; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014025:Titanium
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D014025:Titanium