Hydroxyapatite cranioplasty: 2. Clinical experience with a new quick-setting material.
A clinical series of 62 patients who underwent cranioplasty using a new quick-setting hydroxyapatite (HA) material was done over a 2-year period. The majority of procedures (69%) were performed for secondary reconstruction of frontal, temporal, and supraorbital deficiencies after primary repair of a craniosynostosis. The frontal sinus was obliterated as part of the cranioplastic procedure in 5 cases (8%) in older patients. The material set effectively in approximately 5 minutes with a good working time. Infection occurred in 3 patients (5%) which was treated by removing the HA cranioplastic material. This faster-setting HA material offers similar cranioplastic benefits as other materials but with an accelerated intraoperative set time.
Eppley
Barry L
BL
Division of Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA. beppley@iupui.edu
Hollier
Larry
L
Stal
Samuel
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery; D017886:Durapatite / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D017886:Durapatite