title: Craniofacial contouring and porous acrylic cement.
abstract: Porous acrylic cement permitting ingrowth of soft and hard tissue was developed in the mid-1970s. After several years of animal experimentation, a clinical trial started in 1978. Twenty-nine selected patients had craniofacial contouring with in situ curing porous acrylic cement. It is an easy one-stage procedure with a good fixation of the prosthesis. The result is a definite good contour reconstruction. It offers the craniofacial surgeon a useful alternative in selected cases when autogenous bone grafting or an intracranial approach is not indicated or not sought by the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vaandrager
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: van Mullem
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: de Wijn
mesh_terms: D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008747:Methylcellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008747:Methylcellulose; D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium