title: Reconstruction of cranial bone defects using alloplastic implants produced from a stereolithographically-generated cranial model.
abstract: Larger cranial bone defects can cause cranial disfigurement as well as potential mechanical brain trauma. Conventionally pre-fabricated acrylic cranioplasty implants require complicated procedures and result in potential dimensional and contour inaccuracies. The development of stereolithographic techniques for generating acrylic resin skull models allows the pre-fabrication of custom acrylic resin cranial implants with greater clinical predictability.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Cancer Institute-Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wee
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate