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Titanium in reconstructive surgery of the skull and face
G B Blake1, M R MacFarlane, J W Hinton
1Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Canterbury Area Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Titanium is widely used as an implant material. This report describes its use for cranioplasty and malar defects and the technique used to fashion these prostheses in a centre which does not have the facility for producing computer-generated full-size craniofacial models. The use of these prostheses has produced very satisfactory results with minimal morbidity and no complications.