[Individual prefabricated titanium implant for the reconstruction of the skull bone defect].
OBJECTIVE
This paper presents a new method of individual prefabricated titanium implant for the reconstruction of the skull bone defect.


METHODS
A computer-based 3D model of the cranial bone defect is created from helical CT-data and serves as the basis for the computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) of the individual prefabricated titanium implant for the cranial bone defect reconstruction.


RESULTS
Since 2001, a total of nine patients suffering from the cranial bone defect have been operated on by this method with satisfied result. The fallow-up is 3 to 12 months.


CONCLUSIONS
These individual prefabricated titanium implants have won a high precision, a good biomechanics and a excellent biocompatibility. It is a quite ideal and very simple method with much less complication for the surgical treatment of the cranial bone defect.
Gui
Lai
L
Maxillo-Facial Surgery Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
Zuo
Feng
F
Zhang
Zhi-yong
ZY
Xia
De-lin
DL
Niu
Feng
F
Jin
Ji
J
Yu
Bin
B
Luo
Jin-chao
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014025:Titanium; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014025:Titanium