Aesthetic Refinement of Secondary Cranioplasty Using Methyl Methacrylate Bone Cements

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Implementación de procuramiento de plaqueta ósea para cranoplastia en pacientes neuroquirúrgicos en hospital San Pablo de Coquimbo

“…Por otro lado, el material aloplástico tiene la particularidad de ofrecer mayor resisitencia, nula reabsorción, menor dificultad para la remodelación, teniendo como inconveniente mayor prevalencia de infección, mayor reacción tisular, rechazo y costo mayor. En ambos se presenta la misma prevalencia de exposición 27,28 .…”

Cost differences between autologous and nonautologous cranioplasty implants: A propensity score–matched value driven outcomes analysis

“… 1 , 2 Once the causal pathology has been sufficiently treated and brain swelling has subsided, a cranioplasty is performed to provide renewed physical protection of neurological structures and to restore aesthetic cranial morphology. 3 Traditionally, an autologous cranioplasty is fashioned using the patient's own cranial bone, which was stored in freezers or subcutaneously within the patient's abdominal wall. The bone is prepped and cleaned before being reapproximated and secured to its original place.…”

Cranioplasty without alloplastic materials. Case report

“…Por ello es necesario recurrir a los injertos de hueso autólogo, que poseen características y cualidades especiales como costilla, calota craneal, hueso ilíaco (3) :  El injerto de estructura cortical produce un buen relleno y se puede adaptar más fácilmente.…”