title: Cranioplasty: don't forget the patient's own bone is cheaper than titanium.
abstract: Many calvarial bone defects are still being repaired using non-biological materials such as titanium when a patient's own bone can provide an alternative with all the immediate and long-term biological advantages (and resource benefits) that come with using autologous tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hayward
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000637:transplantation*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014025:Titanium / Q000191:economics*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium