Calvarial Reconstruction

Arvind Badhey; Sameep Kadakia; Moustafa Mourad; Jared Inman; Yadranko Ducic

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1606557

Seminars in Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents

Semin Plast Surg 2017; 31(04): 222-226
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1606557

Review Article

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Calvarial Reconstruction

Arvind Badhey

¹Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York

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Sameep Kadakia

²Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery Associates, Fort Worth, Texas

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Moustafa Mourad

²Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery Associates, Fort Worth, Texas

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Jared Inman

³Department of Otolaryngology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California

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Yadranko Ducic

²Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery Associates, Fort Worth, Texas

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Abstract

Calvarial reconstruction is a challenge to reconstructive surgeons, especially considering protection of intracranial contents. In recent years, the advent of multiple reconstructive materials adds tools to the surgical armamentarium. Options include autologous split calvarial and rib grafts and alloplastic materials such as titanium mesh, methyl methacrylate, calcium hydroxyapatite, and polyetheretherketone. The most important aspect of cranial reconstruction still lies in finding the most aesthetic, safe, and reliable means of filling a defect.

Keywords

calvarium reconstruction - cranioplasty - hydroxyapatite - autologous cranioplasty - methyl methacrylate - synthetic cranioplasty

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