title: [Individual prefabricated titanium implant for the reconstruction of the skull bone defect].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Maxillo-Facial Surgery Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors.forename: Lai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Zhi-yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: De-lin
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jin-chao
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium