Technique for fixing a temporalis muscle using a titanium plate to the implanted hydroxyapatite ceramics for bone defects.
We devised a technique to fix the temporalis muscle to the transplanted hydroxyapatite implant by using a titanium plate, which is fixed to the hydroxyapatite ceramic implant by screws and achieves good clinical results. The size, shape, and curvature of the hydroxyapatite ceramic implants were determined according to full-scale models fabricated using the laser lithographic modeling method from computed tomography data. A titanium plate was then fixed with screws on the implant before implantation, and then the temporalis muscle was refixed to the holes at both ends of the plate. The application of this technique reduced the hospitalization time and achieved good results esthetically.
Ono
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Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. ichiro@sapmed.ac.jp
Tateshita
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Sasaki
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Matsumoto
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Kodama
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D000293:Adolescent; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002516:Ceramics; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000601:surgery*; D014025:Titanium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D018786:Bone Substitutes; D017886:Durapatite; D014025:Titanium