A pre-formed methyl methacrylate cranioplasty
Cooper, P.R.; Schechter, B.; Jacobs, G.B.; Rubin, R.C.; Wille, R.L.
Surgical Neurology 8(3): 219-221
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-3019 PMID: 897995 Document Number: 115913
The use of a pre-formed methyl methacrylate cranioplasty prosthesis reinforced with stainless steel wire is described. The prosthesis is non-reactive, virtually unbreakable, and undentable. Pre-forming of the prosthesis in the dental laboratory using a mold of the patient's bony defect as a model saves considerable operating time, and when employed for a large cranial defect the three dimensional cosmetic effect is superior to intra-operatively fashioned prostheses.