title: Reconstruction of a large post-traumatic cranial defect with a customized titanium plaque.
abstract: The treatment of serious cranial defects has always been a fascinating and controversial issue for craniofacial surgeons and in the last years many solutions have been proposed. One of the most effective method is a personalized titanium plaque prepared by processing anatomical data obtained with a CAT of the patient. A case of wide cranial defect on the left fronto-parietal region in a 56-year-old man treated with a personalized titanium plaque obtained by processing the data of a spiral CAT of the skull is described. No complications were observed in the postoperative course and follow-up after 6 moths showed that the patient was in good general condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences-Neurosurgery, General Hospital, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. ruggeromottaran@tiscali.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mottaran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guarda-Nardini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fusetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferroneto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salar
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates / Q000592:standards*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020204:Skull Fracture, Depressed / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014025:Titanium / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium