Patient-specific biodegradable implant in pediatric craniofacial surgery

J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2017 Aug;45(8):1111. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2017.05.001. Epub 2017 May 11.

Authors

Christian Linz¹, Hartmut Collmann², Alexander Kübler³, Hartmut Böhm³, Tilmann Schweitzer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany. Electronic address: linz_c@ukw.de.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.

PMID: 28601300
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2017.05.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Biodegradable implants; Craniofacial surgery; Craniosynostosis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants*
Child
Craniosynostoses / surgery*
Facial Bones / surgery
Foreign-Body Reaction
Humans
Synostosis