Clinical evaluation of the polypropylene-polyester knit used as a cranioplasty material.
The paper presents clinical evaluation of the polypropylene-polyester knit used as a cranioplasty material.


METHODS
Between year 1980 and 2002 275 cranioplastic procedures using the polypropylene-polyester plates Codubix were carried out in the Department of Neurosurgery of the Medical University of Łódź. There were 146 patients who primarily sustained head injuries and 129 non-traumatic patients with craniectomies carried out for various other reasons. In the majority of cases, i.e. in 158 patients, cranioplasty was performed later than 6 months after the primary surgery. The largest implant measured 430 cm2.


RESULTS
Excellent and good outcome was achieved in 92% of the patients whereas the rate of local infection was 8%.


CONCLUSIONS
Codubix knitted polypropylene-polyester implant proved to be useful and a safe cranioplastic material.
Andrzejak
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S
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Fortuniak
J
J
Wróbel-Wiśniewska
G
G
Zawirski
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010969:Plastics / Q000592:standards* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011091:Polyesters / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D010969:Plastics; D011091:Polyesters; D011126:Polypropylenes