Polyetheretherketone implants for the repair of large cranial defects: a 3-center experience.

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Abstract

Calvarial reconstruction of large cranial defects following decompressive surgery is challenging. Autologous bone cannot always be used due to infection, fragmentation, bone resorption, and other causes. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a synthetic material that has many advantages in cranial-repair surgery, including strength, stiffness, durability, and inertness.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Neurosurgery

Title: Neurosurgery

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1524-4040

ISSN (Print): 0148-396X

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2014

Volume: 75

Issue: 5

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[1 ] *Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; ‡Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and §Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.

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DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000477

PubMed ID: 24979096

SO-VID: 843bc54c-213e-4229-a871-b1a4c451e509

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